We are starting to see bills move and getting a better idea of what will continue on now that we are one week away from the February 17 committee cut off date.
For the business community the biggest concern is the sheer number of bad labor bills that are moving through the Legislative committees. This includes several bills in the Senate that triggered a letter this week from a large group of business entities. The bills highlighted on this list include:
SSB 5110 — Adding penalties for certain prohibited practices in RCW 49.44 —
This bill allows for a private right of action on any employment prohibited practice in RCW 49.44.
SSB 5217 — Concerning the state’s ability to regulate certain industries and risk classes to prevent musculoskeletal injuries and disorders — This overturns an initiative passed by the People in the early 2000s. This allows LNI to establish rules on industries that could require mandatory job rotation and hours restrictions.
SSB 5417- Protecting the rights of workers to refrain from attending meetings or listening to their employer’s speech on political or religious matters. This removes an employer's freedom to speak to employees about its view of the impacts of unionizing activity, and as such is preempted by the National Labor Relations Act.
A letter from the business community to the Senate has been drafted and will be sent up to all State Senators. A similar list and letter are being developed for the House as well.
Another concern overall is the number of bills with “private rights of action.” This is a concern for any business, local government, hospital or other entity that is concerned about the proliferation of lawsuits in today’s economy. I have attached a list of all of those bills for you to see.
Another letter being developed (and attached) is a letter on public safety being put together by the Association of Washington Business. They are opening up this letter for non-member signatories. I would like to add the South Sound Chamber Legislative Coalition as well as see which other chambers and businesses would want their name on this letter.
Finally, you will see from the list below that we are starting to see movement in the Housing/Homelessness bills. If you could please take the time to review with your chamber any of these bills that are moving and whether or not we should take a position or move them up in priority.
Upcoming Hearings
Civil Rights & Judiciary (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/10 @ 10:30am
• HB 1025 - Exec Session - Creating a private right of action for harm from violations of the state Constitution or state law by peace officers. (Monitoring)
• HB 1492 - Exec Session - Providing relief for persons affected by State v. Blake. (Concerns/High)
• HB 1572 - Exec Session - Concerning venue for actions for the recovery of taxes. (Monitoring)
Higher Education & Workforce Development (Senate) - SHR 2 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 2/10 @ 10:30am
• SB 5566 - Public Hearing - Establishing the student basic needs at public postsecondary institutions act. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SB 5655 - Public Hearing - Creating the Washington achievers grant program. (Remote Testimony Available). (Medium)
Housing (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 2/10 @ 10:30am
• HB 1046 - Exec Session - Expanding housing supply by supporting the ability of public housing authorities to finance affordable housing developments by rebenchmarking area median income limits. (Monitoring)
• SB 5435 - Exec Session - Concerning residential rent increases under the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act. (Monitoring)
• SB 5609 - Exec Session - Establishing housing approval requirements that will eliminate Washington's housing shortage. (Monitoring)
Innovation, Community & Economic Development, & Veterans (House) - HHR C and Virtual JLOB - 2/10 @ 10:30am
• HB 1743 - Public Hearing - Concerning employee ownership. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Labor & Workplace Standards (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 2/10 @ 10:30am
• HB 1137 - Exec Session - Creating equitable access to return-to-work opportunities in workers' compensation. (Monitoring)
• HB 1217 - Exec Session - Concerning wage complaints. (Monitoring)
• HB 1542 - Exec Session - Requiring automated external defibrillators to be available and accessible when work is being performed on high voltage lines and equipment. (Monitoring)
• HB 1570 - Exec Session - Concerning social insurance programs applicable to transportation network companies and drivers. (Monitoring)
Local Government (House) - HHR E and Virtual JLOB - 2/10 @ 10:30am
• HB 1304 - Exec Session - Regulating electric security alarm systems. (Monitoring)
• HB 1510 - Exec Session - Establishing permanent funding for community preservation and development authorities approved through RCW 43.167.060. (Monitoring)
• HB 1519 - Exec Session - Concerning local project review. (Support/High)
• HB 1575 - Exec Session - Modifying the sales and use tax for cultural access programs by allowing the tax to be imposed by a councilmanic or commission authority and defining timelines and priorities for action. (Monitoring)
• HB 1585 - Exec Session - Addressing local infrastructure project areas. (Monitoring)
• HB 1621 - Exec Session - Concerning standardizing local government procurement rules among special purpose districts, first-class and second-class cities, and public utility districts. (Monitoring)
• HB 1628 - Exec Session - Increasing the supply of affordable housing by modifying the state and local real estate excise tax. (Monitoring)
Human Services (Senate) - SHR 2 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 2/13 @ 10:30am
• SB 5719 - Public Hearing - Modifying and extending requirements of a work group convened to address the needs of students in foster care, experiencing homelessness, or both. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Labor & Commerce (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 2/13 @ 10:30am
• SB 5259 - Exec Session - Ensuring commerce and workplaces are safe from product theft. (Monitoring)
• SB 5367 - Exec Session - Concerning the regulation of products containing THC. (Monitoring)
Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 2/13 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1387 - Public Hearing - 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. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• HB 1530 - Exec Session - Expanding eligibility for employment of certain law enforcement and prosecutor office positions. (Monitoring)
Early Learning & K-12 Education (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 2/13 @ 1:30pm
• SB 5617 - Exec Session - Facilitating course equivalency agreements between skill centers and school districts. (Monitoring)
• SB 5668 - Public Hearing - Concerning small districts with less than 2,750 students and significant participation in skill centers. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SB 5668 - Exec Session - Concerning small districts with less than 2,750 students and significant participation in skill centers. (Monitoring)
Education (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/13 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1308 - Exec Session - Concerning high school graduation pathway options. (Monitoring)
• HB 1550 - Exec Session - Assisting eligible children in need of additional preparation to be successful in kindergarten by establishing the transition to kindergarten program. (Monitoring)
• HB 1565 - Exec Session - Supporting and strengthening the professional education workforce. (Monitoring)
• HB 1658 - Exec Session - Authorizing public high school students to earn elective credit for paid work experience. (Monitoring)
Environment & Energy (House) - HHR C and Virtual JLOB - 2/13 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1192 - Exec Session - Concerning electric power system transmission planning. (Support/High)
• HB 1589 - Exec Session - Supporting Washington's clean energy economy and transitioning to a clean, affordable, and reliable energy future. (Neutral/Medium)
• HB 1735 - Exec Session - Adding net ecological gain as a voluntary element of comprehensive plans under the growth management act. (Monitoring)
Housing (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 2/13 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1695 - Public Hearing - Defining affordable housing for purposes of using surplus public property for public benefit. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Appropriations (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/13 @ 4:00pm
• SHB 1176 - Public Hearing - Developing opportunities for service and workforce programs to support climate-ready communities. (Remote Testimony Available). (High)
• SHB 1433 - Public Hearing - Concerning energy labeling of residential buildings. (Remote Testimony Available). (Medium)
Transportation (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 2/13 @ 4:00pm
• SB 5452 - Public Hearing - Authorizing impact fee revenue to fund improvements to bicycle and pedestrian facilities. (Remote Testimony Available). (Concerns/Medium)
• SB 5466 - Public Hearing - Promoting transit-oriented development. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Ways & Means (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 2/13 @ 4:00pm
• SSB 5093 - Public Hearing - Improving climate resilience through updates to the state's integrated climate response strategy. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SB 5539 - Public Hearing - Making technical corrections to the local tax increment financing program. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade (Senate) - SHR 2 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 2/14 @ 8:00am
• SB 5091 - Exec Session - Creating and expanding tax incentives for the research, development, production, and sale of hydrogen fuel cells in Washington state. (Monitoring)
Finance (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/14 @ 8:00am
• HB 1473 - Public Hearing - Investing in Washington families and creating a more fair tax system by enacting a narrowly tailored property tax on extreme wealth derived from the ownership of stocks, bonds, and other financial intangible property. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• HB 1795 - Public Hearing - Making the estate tax more progressive. (Remote Testimony Available). (Concerns/Medium)
Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs (Senate) - SHR 3 and Virtual JACB - 2/14 @ 8:00am
• SB 5332 - Public Hearing - Prohibiting locating homeless encampments near schools and early learning facilities. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SB 5553 - Exec Session - Authorizing standards for temporary emergency shelters for local adoption. (Monitoring)
• SB 5604 - Exec Session - Concerning county sales and use taxes for mental health and housing. (Monitoring)
• SB 5618 - Public Hearing - Increasing the local property tax revenue growth limit. (Remote Testimony Available). (Oppose/High)
Civil Rights & Judiciary (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/14 @ 10:30am
• HB 1492 - Exec Session - Providing relief for persons affected by State v. Blake. (Concerns/High)
Human Services (Senate) - SHR 2 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 2/14 @ 10:30am
• SB 5644 - Exec Session - Concerning juvenile records. (Concerns/Medium)
• SB 5719 - Exec Session - Modifying and extending requirements of a work group convened to address the needs of students in foster care, experiencing homelessness, or both. (Monitoring)
Innovation, Community & Economic Development, & Veterans (House) - HHR C and Virtual JLOB - 2/14 @ 10:30am
• HB 1746 - Exec Session - Concerning a state broadband map. (Monitoring)
Labor & Workplace Standards (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 2/14 @ 10:30am
• HB 1095 - Exec Session - Creating a wage replacement program for certain Washington workers excluded from unemployment insurance. (Monitoring)
• HB 1320 - Public Hearing - Concerning access to personnel records. (Remote Testimony Available). (Concerns/Medium)
• HB 1521 - Exec Session - Concerning the duties of industrial insurance self-insured employers and third-party administrators. (Oppose/Medium)
• HB 1534 - Exec Session - Strengthening protections for consumers in the construction industry. (Monitoring)
• HB 1656 - Exec Session - Concerning unemployment insurance benefits appeal procedures. (Support/Medium)
Law & Justice (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 2/14 @ 10:30am
• SB 5588 - Public Hearing - Concerning the mental health sentencing alternative. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Local Government (House) - HHR E and Virtual JLOB - 2/14 @ 10:30am
• HB 1723 - Public Hearing - Concerning equity and environmental justice in the growth management act. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Consumer Protection & Business (House) - HHR C and Virtual JLOB - 2/14 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1727 - Exec Session - Ensuring fairness and consistency for Washington state businesses by leveling the playing field on transaction fees. (Monitoring)
• HB 1799 - Public Hearing - Concerning the registration of business entities that qualify as data brokers. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Environment, Energy & Technology (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 2/14 @ 1:30pm
• SB 5168 - Public Hearing - Modernizing the energy independence act to avoid regulatory duplication and overlap with other laws. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SB 5562 - Exec Session - Supporting Washington's clean energy economy and transitioning to a clean, affordable, and reliable energy future. (Oppose/High)
• SB 5579 - Public Hearing - Expanding the department of ecology's authority to refrain from enforcing chapter 70A.60 RCW to mitigate the effects of supply chain problems or other similar disruptions. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SB 5659 - Public Hearing - Incentivizing gas companies to develop and acquire renewable energy resources. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Health Care & Wellness (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/14 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1547 - Exec Session - Increasing the health care workforce by authorizing out-of-state providers to practice immediately. (Monitoring)
Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 2/14 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1679 - Public Hearing - Modifying and extending requirements of a work group convened to address the needs of students in foster care, experiencing homelessness, or both. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Postsecondary Education & Workforce (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 2/14 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1733 - Public Hearing - Accessing degrees in nursing. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
State Government & Elections (Senate) - SHR 2 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 2/14 @ 1:30pm
• SB 5657 - Public Hearing - Concerning city and town permitting of kit homes. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 2/14 @ 4:00pm
• HB 1363 - Exec Session - Concerning vehicular pursuits. (Monitoring)
• HB 1586 - Exec Session - Requiring the criminal justice training commission to establish a work group and grant program related to vehicular pursuits. (Monitoring)
Education (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/14 @ 4:00pm
• HB 1308 - Exec Session - Concerning high school graduation pathway options. (Monitoring)
• HB 1550 - Exec Session - Assisting eligible children in need of additional preparation to be successful in kindergarten by establishing the transition to kindergarten program. (Monitoring)
• HB 1565 - Exec Session - Supporting and strengthening the professional education workforce. (Monitoring)
• HB 1622 - Exec Session - Supporting the needs of students experiencing homelessness. (Monitoring)
• HB 1658 - Exec Session - Authorizing public high school students to earn elective credit for paid work experience. (Monitoring)
Environment & Energy (House) - HHR C and Virtual JLOB - 2/14 @ 4:00pm
• HB 1554 - Exec Session - Reducing public health and environmental impacts from lead. (Monitoring)
Housing (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 2/14 @ 4:00pm
• HB 1695 - Exec Session - Defining affordable housing for purposes of using surplus public property for public benefit. (Monitoring)
Environment, Energy & Technology (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 2/15 @ 8:00am
• SB 5356 - Public Hearing - Establishing guidelines for government procurement and use of automated decision systems in order to protect consumers, improve transparency, and create more market predictability. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SB 5718 - Public Hearing - Concerning a state broadband map. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/High)
Higher Education & Workforce Development (Senate) - SHR 2 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 2/15 @ 8:00am
• SB 5721 - Public Hearing - Authorizing a business and occupation tax credit to incentivize private sector investment in advanced aerospace manufacturing training and education. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• SB 5736 - Public Hearing - Addressing high demand workforce shortages. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Innovation, Community & Economic Development, & Veterans (House) - HHR C and Virtual JLOB - 2/15 @ 8:00am
• HB 1743 - Exec Session - Concerning employee ownership. (Monitoring)
• HB 1767 - Exec Session - Concerning the role of the department of commerce in monitoring and providing technical assistance related to federal funding opportunities. (Support/Medium)
Labor & Workplace Standards (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 2/15 @ 8:00am
• HB 1320 - Exec Session - Concerning access to personnel records. (Concerns/Medium)
• HB 1491 - Exec Session - Prohibiting unjustified employer searches of employee personal vehicles. (Monitoring)
Local Government (House) - HHR E and Virtual JLOB - 2/15 @ 8:00am
• HB 1446 - Public Hearing - Incentivizing cities and counties to increase employment of commissioned law enforcement officers. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/High)
• HB 1596 - Exec Session - Providing local governments with options to increase affordable housing in their communities. (Monitoring)
• HB 1702 - Public Hearing - Imposing a local sales tax wholly credited against the state sales tax to support programs for senior citizens. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 2/15 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1679 - Exec Session - Modifying and extending requirements of a work group convened to address the needs of students in foster care, experiencing homelessness, or both. (Monitoring)
Appropriations (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/15 @ 4:00pm
• SHB 1131 - Public Hearing - Improving Washington's solid waste management outcomes. (Remote Testimony Available). (Concerns/High)
• SHB 1167 - Public Hearing - Concerning residential housing regulations. (Remote Testimony Available). (High)
• HB 1260 - Public Hearing - Accelerating stability for people with a work-limiting disability or incapacity. (Remote Testimony Available). (Medium)
Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 2/16 @ 8:00am
• HB 1363 - Exec Session - Concerning vehicular pursuits. (Monitoring)
• HB 1387 - Exec Session - 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. (Monitoring)
• HB 1586 - Exec Session - Requiring the criminal justice training commission to establish a work group and grant program related to vehicular pursuits. (Monitoring)
Education (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/16 @ 8:00am
• HB 1308 - Exec Session - Concerning high school graduation pathway options. (Monitoring)
• HB 1479 - Exec Session - Concerning restraint or isolation of students in public schools and educational programs. (Support/Medium)
• HB 1550 - Exec Session - Assisting eligible children in need of additional preparation to be successful in kindergarten by establishing the transition to kindergarten program. (Monitoring)
• HB 1565 - Exec Session - Supporting and strengthening the professional education workforce. (Monitoring)
• HB 1622 - Exec Session - Supporting the needs of students experiencing homelessness. (Monitoring)
• HB 1658 - Exec Session - Authorizing public high school students to earn elective credit for paid work experience. (Monitoring)
Environment & Energy (House) - HHR C and Virtual JLOB - 2/16 @ 8:00am
• HB 1164 - Public Hearing - Providing for the responsible management of appliances containing harmful gases and other materials. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
• HB 1509 - Exec Session - Concerning fair access to community solar. (Oppose/Medium)
Housing (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 2/16 @ 8:00am
• HB 1695 - Exec Session - Defining affordable housing for purposes of using surplus public property for public benefit. (Monitoring)
Law & Justice (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 2/16 @ 8:00am
• SB 5241 - Exec Session - Concerning material changes to the operations and governance structure of participants in the health care marketplace. (Monitoring)
• SB 5258 - Exec Session - Increasing the supply and affordability of condominium units and townhouses as an option for homeownership. (Monitoring)
• SB 5588 - Exec Session - Concerning the mental health sentencing alternative. (Monitoring)
Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs (Senate) - SHR 3 and Virtual JACB - 2/16 @ 10:30am
• SB 5618 - Exec Session - Increasing the local property tax revenue growth limit. (Oppose/High)
• SB 5651 - Exec Session - Concerning equity and environmental justice in the growth management act. (Concerns/High)
Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks (Senate) - SHR 3 and Virtual JACB - 2/16 @ 1:30pm
• SB 5551 - Exec Session - Supporting Washington's crop and livestock farms, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and generating renewable energy by capturing methane. (Monitoring)
Capital Budget (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 2/16 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1099 - Public Hearing - Requiring certain wages in public works contracts to be at least the prevailing wage in effect when the work is performed. (Remote Testimony Available). (Oppose/High)
• HB 1709 - Public Hearing - Concerning housing programs administered by the department of commerce. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Finance (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/16 @ 1:30pm
• HB 1510 - Public Hearing - Establishing permanent funding for community preservation and development authorities approved through RCW 43.167.060. (Remote Testimony Available). (If measure is referred to committee.) (Monitoring)
• HB 1575 - Public Hearing - Modifying the sales and use tax for cultural access programs by allowing the tax to be imposed by a councilmanic or commission authority and defining timelines and priorities for action. (Remote Testimony Available). (If measure is referred to committee.) (Monitoring)
• HB 1585 - Public Hearing - Addressing local infrastructure project areas. (Remote Testimony Available). (If measure is referred to committee.) (Monitoring)
Transportation (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 2/16 @ 4:00pm
• SB 5360 - Public Hearing - Concerning vehicle combinations that may be operated on public highways. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Consumer Protection & Business (House) - HHR C and Virtual JLOB - 2/17 @ 8:00am
• HB 1799 - Exec Session - Concerning the registration of business entities that qualify as data brokers. (Monitoring)
Environment, Energy & Technology (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 2/17 @ 8:00am
• SB 5057 - Exec Session - Creating a work group to evaluate the costs of the state energy performance standard for covered commercial buildings. (Monitoring)
Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 2/17 @ 8:00am
• HB 1537 - Public Hearing - Concerning licensing requirements for child care centers and indoor early learning programs. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
State Government & Elections (Senate) - SHR 2 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 2/17 @ 8:00am
• SB 5657 - Exec Session - Concerning city and town permitting of kit homes. (Monitoring)
Higher Education & Workforce Development (Senate) - SHR 2 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 2/17 @ 10:30am
• SB 5712 - Public Hearing - Expanding the Washington college grant and establishing the Washington college promise program. (Remote Testimony Available). (Monitoring)
Labor & Workplace Standards (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 2/17 @ 10:30am
• HB 1785 - Public Hearing - Establishing COVID-19 as an occupational disease. (Remote Testimony Available). (Oppose/High)
Local Government (House) - HHR E and Virtual JLOB - 2/17 @ 10:30am
• HB 1446 - Exec Session - Incentivizing cities and counties to increase employment of commissioned law enforcement officers. (Support/High)
• HB 1702 - Exec Session - Imposing a local sales tax wholly credited against the state sales tax to support programs for senior citizens. (Monitoring)
BUDGET & TAXES
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
Priority |
|
Working families' tax credit |
Providing sales tax relief by expanding the working families' tax credit. |
H Finance |
Stokesbary |
|
Medium |
|
|
HB 1018 (SB 5030) |
Hog fuel/tax exemption |
Changing the expiration date for the sales and use tax exemption of hog fuel to comply with the 2045 deadline for fossil fuel-free electrical generation in Washington state and to protect jobs with health care and retirement benefits in economically distressed communities. |
H Rules R |
Tharinger |
|
Monitoring |
|
HB 1140 (SB 5187) |
Operating budget |
Making 2023-2025 fiscal biennium operating appropriations. |
H Approps |
Ormsby |
|
Monitoring |
|
HB 1141 (SB 5188) |
Operating budget, supp. |
Making 2021-2023 fiscal biennium second supplemental operating appropriations. |
H Approps |
Ormsby |
|
Monitoring |
|
HB 1147 (SB 5200) |
Capital budget |
Concerning the capital budget. |
H Cap Budget |
Tharinger |
|
Monitoring |
|
Leasehold tax/arenas |
Exempting certain leasehold interests in arenas with a seating capacity of more than 2,000 from the leasehold excise tax. |
H Rules R |
Fey |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
HB 1191 (SB 5166) |
Cooperative finance org. B&O |
Reauthorizing the business and occupation tax deduction for cooperative finance organizations. |
H Rules R |
Springer |
|
Monitoring |
|
HB 1254 (SB 5406) |
Periodic adjustments/DOR |
Clarifying ambiguities in statutory provisions administered by the department of revenue relating to periodic adjustments. |
H Finance |
Street |
|
Monitoring |
|
HB 1473 (SB 5486) |
Wealth/property tax |
Investing in Washington families and creating a more fair tax system by enacting a narrowly tailored property tax on extreme wealth derived from the ownership of stocks, bonds, and other financial intangible property. |
H Finance |
Thai |
|
Monitoring |
|
Estate tax exclusion amount |
Updating the estate tax exclusion amount. |
H Finance |
Orcutt |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
HB 1527 (SB 5539) |
Tax increment financing |
Making technical corrections to the local tax increment financing program. |
H Exec Action |
Wylie |
|
Monitoring |
|
Recovery of taxes/venue |
Concerning venue for actions for the recovery of taxes. |
H Civil R & Judi |
Springer |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
HB 1575 (SB 5612) |
Cultural access programs/tax |
Modifying the sales and use tax for cultural access programs by allowing the tax to be imposed by a councilmanic or commission authority and defining timelines and priorities for action. |
H Local Govt |
Reed |
|
Monitoring |
|
HB 1644 (SB 5482) |
Margin tax |
Concerning the margin tax. |
H Finance |
Walen |
|
Monitoring |
|
Property tax limit factor |
Raising the limit factor for property taxes. |
H Finance |
Ormsby |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
HB 1702 (SB 5686) |
Senior citizens local tax |
Imposing a local sales tax wholly credited against the state sales tax to support programs for senior citizens. |
H Local Govt |
Orcutt |
|
Monitoring |
|
Local property tax levies |
Imposing local property tax levies wholly credited against the state property tax to provide support and services for veterans' assistance and for persons with developmental disabilities or mental health needs. |
H Local Govt |
Orcutt |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Sales and use tax rate |
Reducing the state sales and use tax rate. |
H Finance |
Orcutt |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Transaction fees |
Ensuring fairness and consistency for Washington state businesses by leveling the playing field on transaction fees. |
H ConsPro&Bus |
Chapman |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Estate tax |
Making the estate tax more progressive. |
H Finance |
Street |
Concerns |
Medium |
|
|
Tax referendums |
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for an automatic referendum on tax acts. |
H State Govt & T |
Volz |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SB 5030 (HB 1018) |
Hog fuel/tax exemption |
Changing the expiration date for the sales and use tax exemption of hog fuel to comply with the 2045 deadline for fossil fuel-free electrical generation in Washington state and to protect jobs with health care and retirement benefits in economically distressed communities. |
S Ways & Means |
Van De Wege |
|
Monitoring |
|
Sales and use tax exemptions |
Exempting permanently from the sales and use tax purchases of clothing, products for children, and prepared food. |
S Ways & Means |
Fortunato |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
State & local taxation |
Concerning transparency in state and local taxation. |
S Rules 2 |
Wilson |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SB 5166 (HB 1191) |
Cooperative finance org. B&O |
Reauthorizing the business and occupation tax deduction for cooperative finance organizations. |
S Ways & Means |
Boehnke |
|
Monitoring |
|
SB 5187 (HB 1140) |
Operating budget |
Making 2023-2025 fiscal biennium operating appropriations. |
S Ways & Means |
Rolfes |
|
Monitoring |
|
SB 5200 (HB 1147) |
Capital budget |
Concerning the capital budget. |
S Ways & Means |
Mullet |
|
Monitoring |
|
Main street trust fund |
Concerning population criteria for the main street trust fund tax credit. |
H Local Govt |
Cleveland |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SB 5407 (HB 1303) |
Property tax administration |
Concerning the administration of property taxes. |
S Ways & Means |
Robinson |
|
Monitoring |
|
SB 5482 (HB 1644) |
Margin tax |
Concerning the margin tax. |
S Business, Fin |
Frame |
|
High |
|
SB 5486 (HB 1473) |
Wealth/property tax |
Investing in Washington families and creating a more fair tax system by enacting a narrowly tailored property tax on extreme wealth derived from the ownership of stocks, bonds, and other financial intangible property. |
S Ways & Means |
Frame |
|
Monitoring |
|
SB 5539 (HB 1527) |
Tax increment financing |
Making technical corrections to the local tax increment financing program. |
S Ways & Means |
Cleveland |
|
Monitoring |
|
Tax and revenue laws |
Modifying tax and revenue laws by making technical corrections, clarifying ambiguities, easing compliance burdens for taxpayers, and providing administrative efficiencies. |
S Rules 2 |
Schoesler |
Support |
Monitoring |
|
|
Mental health & housing/tax |
Concerning county sales and use taxes for mental health and housing. |
S Loc Gov, Land |
Robinson |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SB 5612 (HB 1575) |
Cultural access programs/tax |
Modifying the sales and use tax for cultural access programs by allowing the tax to be imposed by a councilmanic or commission authority and defining timelines and priorities for action. |
S Loc Gov, Land |
Lovelett |
|
Monitoring |
|
Local property tax limit |
Increasing the local property tax revenue growth limit. |
S Loc Gov, Land |
Kuderer |
Oppose |
High |
|
|
SB 5686 (HB 1702) |
Senior citizens local tax |
Imposing a local sales tax wholly credited against the state sales tax to support programs for senior citizens. |
S Loc Gov, Land |
Braun |
|
Monitoring |
|
Advanced aerospace training |
Authorizing a business and occupation tax credit to incentivize private sector investment in advanced aerospace manufacturing training and education. |
S Higher Ed & Wo |
Boehnke |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Property taxes/residence |
Concerning property tax relief. |
S Ways & Means |
Wilson |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SJR 8206 (HJR 4205) |
Property tax rebates |
Concerning property tax rebates. |
S Ways & Means |
Kuderer |
|
Monitoring |
BUSINESS
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
Priority |
|
Long-term care/repeal |
Repealing the long-term services and supports trust program. |
H HC/Wellness |
Abbarno |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SHB 1068 (SB 5212) |
Injured worker medical exams |
Concerning injured workers' rights during compelled medical examinations. |
H 2nd Reading |
Bronoske |
Oppose |
High |
|
HB 1095 (SSB 5109) |
Wage replacement |
Creating a wage replacement program for certain Washington workers excluded from unemployment insurance. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Walen |
|
Monitoring |
|
Unemployment/voluntary |
Concerning qualifications for unemployment insurance when an individual voluntarily leaves work. |
H Rules R |
Fosse |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Employee expenditures |
Requiring employers to reimburse employees for necessary expenditures and losses. |
H 2nd Reading |
Reeves |
|
Medium |
|
|
Return-to-work opportunities |
Creating equitable access to return-to-work opportunities in workers' compensation. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Mosbrucker |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
HB 1152 (SSB 5171) |
Consumer products/gender |
Addressing consumer gender discrimination. |
H ConsPro&Bus |
Mena |
Concerns |
Medium |
|
HB 1197 (SB 5310) |
Workers' comp. providers |
Defining attending provider and clarifying other provider functions for workers' compensation claims, and adding psychologists as attending providers for mental health only claims. |
H Approps |
Bronoske |
|
High |
|
Wage complaints |
Concerning wage complaints. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Ortiz-Self |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Employer health care funding |
Assessing employers for their employees' health care costs paid by the state. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Reeves |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
HB 1260 (SSB 5480) |
Work-limiting disability |
Accelerating stability for people with a work-limiting disability or incapacity. |
H Approps |
Alvarado |
|
Medium |
|
License review and reporting |
Creating license review and reporting requirements. |
H 2nd ReadSCal |
McClintock |
|
Medium |
|
|
HB 1320 (SSB 5061) |
Personnel records |
Concerning access to personnel records. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Reed |
Concerns |
Medium |
|
Economic development info. |
Requiring state agencies to share information to encourage economic development. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Chapman |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Employee personal vehicles |
Prohibiting unjustified employer searches of employee personal vehicles. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Orcutt |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
PFML job protection study |
Concerning studying the impacts of job protection on the utilization of paid family medical leave benefits. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Berry |
Oppose |
Medium |
|
|
HB 1521 (SB 5524) |
Industrial insurance/duties |
Concerning the duties of industrial insurance self-insured employers and third-party administrators. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Bronoske |
Oppose |
Medium |
|
Child care licensing |
Concerning licensing requirements for child care centers and indoor early learning programs. |
H Human Svc, You |
Couture |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
HB 1541 (SB 5616) |
Lived experience |
Establishing the nothing about us without us act. |
H State Govt & T |
Farivar |
|
Monitoring |
|
AEDs/high voltage work |
Requiring automated external defibrillators to be available and accessible when work is being performed on high voltage lines and equipment. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Bronoske |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Lead impacts |
Reducing public health and environmental impacts from lead. |
H Env & Energy |
Doglio |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
HB 1557 (SB 5483) |
Digital processing services |
Concerning the classification of digital processing services. |
H Finance |
Santos |
|
Monitoring |
|
Public utility tax exemption |
Increasing the public utility tax exemption threshold and annually adjusting the threshold for inflation. |
H Finance |
Jacobsen |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
TNC insurance programs |
Concerning social insurance programs applicable to transportation network companies and drivers. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Berry |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
HB 1616 (SB 5643) |
Personal data rights charter |
Creating a charter of people's personal data rights. |
H Civil R & Judi |
Kloba |
|
Monitoring |
|
Regional economic dev. |
Concerning regional economic development visions and action plans. |
H Approps |
Volz |
|
High |
|
|
Prejudgment interest |
Concerning prejudgment interest. |
H Civil R & Judi |
Hackney |
Oppose |
High |
|
|
HB 1656 (SB 5240) |
Unemployment ins. appeals |
Concerning unemployment insurance benefits appeal procedures. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Schmidt |
Support |
Medium |
|
HB 1687 (SB 5548) |
Vehicle service fees |
Addressing vehicle service fees. |
H Transportation |
Eslick |
|
Monitoring |
|
Child care B&O credit |
Supporting employers providing child care assistance to employees by establishing a business and occupation tax credit for businesses and requiring the department of revenue to provide a report to the legislature. |
H Finance |
Rule |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Employee ownership |
Concerning employee ownership. |
H Innov, Comm & |
Doglio |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Federal funding opps. |
Concerning the role of the department of commerce in monitoring and providing technical assistance related to federal funding opportunities. |
H Innov, Comm & |
Barnard |
Support |
Medium |
|
|
COVID-19/occupational |
Establishing COVID-19 as an occupational disease. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Berry |
Oppose |
High |
|
|
Transport and delivery |
Concerning the planning and implementation of infrastructure to facilitate the transport and delivery of goods. |
H Local Govt |
Sandlin |
Support |
High |
|
|
Data brokers |
Concerning the registration of business entities that qualify as data brokers. |
H ConsPro&Bus |
Kloba |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
COVID-19 vaccine/state empl. |
Eliminating COVID-19 vaccine requirements for new or prospective employees of state agencies. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Jacobsen |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SSB 5061 (HB 1320) |
Personnel records |
Concerning access to personnel records. |
S Ways & Means |
Kuderer |
Concerns |
Medium |
|
Gubernatorial emergencies |
Establishing balanced legislative oversight of gubernatorial powers during a declared emergency. |
S State Govt & E |
Wilson |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Torts |
Concerning tort actions. |
S Law & Justice |
Padden |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SSB 5109 (HB 1095) |
Wage replacement |
Creating a wage replacement program for certain Washington workers excluded from unemployment insurance. |
S Ways & Means |
Saldana |
|
Monitoring |
|
Labor practices/penalties |
Adding penalties for certain prohibited practices in chapter 49.44 RCW. |
S 2nd Reading |
Keiser |
Oppose |
High |
|
|
Cannabis/employment |
Concerning the employment of individuals who lawfully consume cannabis. |
S 2nd Reading |
Keiser |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SSB 5171 (HB 1152) |
Consumer products/gender |
Addressing consumer gender discrimination. |
S Ways & Means |
Dhingra |
Concerns |
Medium |
|
SB 5212 (SHB 1068) |
Injured worker medical exams |
Concerning injured workers' rights during compelled medical examinations. |
S Labor & Comm |
Stanford |
|
Monitoring |
|
Musculoskeletal injuries/L&I |
Concerning the state's ability to regulate certain industries and risk classes to prevent musculoskeletal injuries and disorders. |
S Rules 2 |
Dhingra |
Oppose |
High |
|
|
Working conn. child care |
Increasing access to the working connections child care program. |
S Ways & Means |
Wilson |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SSB 5229 (HB 1231) |
Site readiness grants |
Accelerating rural job growth and promoting economic recovery across Washington through site readiness grants. |
S Rules 2 |
Frame |
|
Monitoring |
|
SB 5240 (HB 1656) |
Unemployment ins. appeals |
Concerning unemployment insurance benefits appeal procedures. |
S 2nd Reading |
Braun |
|
Monitoring |
|
Manufacturing |
Concerning Washington state manufacturing. |
S Ways & Means |
Shewmake |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Paid leave premiums |
Modifying the premium provisions of the paid family and medical leave program. |
H Labor & Workpla |
Robinson |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SB 5310 (HB 1197) |
Workers' comp. providers |
Defining attending provider and clarifying other provider functions for workers' compensation claims, and adding psychologists as attending providers for mental health only claims. |
S Rules 2 |
Lovelett |
|
Monitoring |
|
DCYF background check fees |
Concerning background check and licensing fees for programs administered by the department of children, youth, and families. |
S Ways & Means |
Wilson |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Job search requirements/UI |
Concerning job search requirements for unemployment insurance benefits. |
S 2nd Reading |
Conway |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Procurement/automated system |
Establishing guidelines for government procurement and use of automated decision systems in order to protect consumers, improve transparency, and create more market predictability. |
S Environment, E |
Hasegawa |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
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 |
High |
|
|
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 |
High |
|
|
Definition of public work |
Expanding the definition of public work. |
S State Govt & E |
Conway |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Working conn. child care |
Providing eligibility for working connections child care benefits. |
S Ways & Means |
Nobles |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SSB 5429 (SHB 1457) |
Motor carriers/restrooms |
Concerning a motor carrierâs ability to access restroom facilities required by rules authorized under chapter 49.17 RCW. |
S Ways & Means |
Stanford |
|
Monitoring |
|
Hard-to-place job seekers |
Providing incentives to employers to hire certain hard-to-place job seekers. |
S Labor & Comm |
Gildon |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Long-term care/referendum |
Repealing the long-term services and supports trust program. |
S Labor & Comm |
Schoesler |
Support |
High |
|
|
SB 5483 (HB 1557) |
Digital processing services |
Concerning the classification of digital processing services. |
S Business, Fin |
Stanford |
|
Monitoring |
|
SB 5524 (HB 1521) |
Industrial insurance/duties |
Concerning the duties of industrial insurance self-insured employers and third-party administrators. |
S Labor & Comm |
Van De Wege |
|
Monitoring |
|
Supply chain transparency |
Providing transparency in supply chains. |
S Labor & Comm |
Dhingra |
Oppose |
High |
|
|
SB 5548 (HB 1687) |
Vehicle service fees |
Addressing vehicle service fees. |
S Transportation |
Wilson |
|
Monitoring |
|
Hydrofluorocarbons/supply |
Expanding the department of ecology's authority to refrain from enforcing chapter 70A.60 RCW to mitigate the effects of supply chain problems or other similar disruptions. |
S Environment, E |
Braun |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Paid leave data |
Concerning employees' paid family or medical leave data. |
S Rules 2 |
King |
Support |
High |
|
|
LTSS trust exemptions/recert |
Prohibiting the recertification of existing long-term services and supports trust program exemptions. |
S Labor & Comm |
Muzzall |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SB 5643 (HB 1616) |
Personal data rights charter |
Creating a charter of people's personal data rights. |
S Environment, E |
Hasegawa |
|
Monitoring |
|
Industrial ins. compliance |
Concerning a voluntary compliance program for industrial insurance. |
S Labor & Comm |
Stanford |
|
Medium |
|
|
SB 5718 (HB 1746) |
State broadband map |
Concerning a state broadband map. |
S Environment, E |
Wellman |
Support |
High |
EDUCATION/WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
Priority |
|
Dual credit program access |
Expanding access to dual credit programs. |
H EDDPS |
Stokesbary |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Military/employer tax incen. |
Concerning employer tax incentives for the support of veterans and military families. |
H Finance |
Abbarno |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Apprenticeship utilization |
Expanding apprenticeship utilization requirements. |
H Cap Budget |
Riccelli |
Concerns |
High |
|
|
HB 1058 (SB 5251) |
Commercial driver's licenses |
Streamlining the licensing process for a commercial driver's license by allowing the department to waive requirements for applicants that previously surrendered the license, allowing the license to be renewed online, and modifying the license test fees. |
H Passed 3rd |
Paul |
|
Monitoring |
|
High-hazard facility wages |
Concerning wages for journeypersons in high-hazard facilities. |
H 2nd Reading |
Bronoske |
Oppose |
High |
|
|
Dual credit program notice |
Notifying high school students and their families about available dual credit programs and any available financial assistance. |
H 2nd Reading |
Paul |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SHB 1176 (SB 5247) |
Climate-ready communities |
Developing opportunities for service and workforce programs to support climate-ready communities. |
H Approps |
Slatter |
|
High |
|
HB 1211 (SSB 5311) |
Special education funding |
Concerning special education funding formula. |
H Approps |
Bergquist |
Support |
High |
|
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 Approps |
Santos |
|
Medium |
|
|
HB 1244 (SB 5692) |
Enrichment levy authority |
Increasing the maximum per pupil limit for enrichment levy authority. |
H Rules R |
Ramel |
Support |
High |
|
HB 1273 (SSB 5243) |
High school and beyond plans |
Concerning high school and beyond planning. |
H Exec Action |
Berg |
|
Monitoring |
|
Paraeducator course of study |
Establishing rules to improve the consistency and quality of the implementation of the fundamental courses of study for paraeducators. |
H 2nd Reading |
Donaghy |
|
Medium |
|
|
SHB 1289 (SSB 5221) |
Opportunity scholarship |
Concerning program administration for the Washington state opportunity scholarship program. |
H Rules R |
Reed |
|
Monitoring |
|
Students with disabilities |
Improving access to and provision of a free appropriate public education for students with disabilities. |
H Exec Action |
Pollet |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Graduation pathway options |
Concerning high school graduation pathway options. |
H Education |
Stonier |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Dual credit program access |
Expanding access to dual credit programs. |
H EDDPS |
Paul |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
HB 1374 (SSB 5305) |
Office of career connect WA |
Establishing the office of career connect Washington. |
H Postsec Ed & W |
Slatter |
|
Monitoring |
|
Cross-sector prof. dev. |
Supporting student success through cross-sector professional development. |
H EDDP |
Ortiz-Self |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Educational employee strikes |
Prohibiting strikes by employees covered by the educational employment relations act and authorizing interest arbitration. |
H Labor & Workpla |
Stokesbary |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Special education funding |
Funding special education. |
H Approps |
Pollet |
|
High |
|
|
Vaccination/online students |
Prohibiting institutions of higher education from imposing vaccine or immunization mandates on online-only students. |
H Postsec Ed & W |
Caldier |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
AP course options |
Increasing AP course options. |
H Education |
Stonier |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Transition to kindergarten |
Assisting eligible children in need of additional preparation to be successful in kindergarten by establishing the transition to kindergarten program. |
H Education |
Santos |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
HB 1559 (SB 5566) |
Postsecondary student needs |
Establishing the student basic needs at public postsecondary institutions act. |
H Postsec Ed & W |
Entenman |
|
Monitoring |
|
Prof. education workforce |
Supporting and strengthening the professional education workforce. |
H Education |
Ortiz-Self |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
HB 1605 (SB 5668) |
Small districts/skill center |
Concerning small districts with less than 2,750 students and significant participation in skill centers. |
H Approps |
Rule |
Support |
High |
|
Students/homelessness |
Supporting the needs of students experiencing homelessness. |
H Education |
Fey |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Work experience/H.S. credit |
Authorizing public high school students to earn elective credit for paid work experience. |
H Education |
Shavers |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
HB 1679 (SB 5719) |
Student homelessness group |
Modifying and extending requirements of a work group convened to address the needs of students in foster care, experiencing homelessness, or both. |
H Human Svc, You |
Rule |
|
Monitoring |
|
HB 1710 (SSB 5248) |
Tutoring & extended learning |
Using COVID-19 relief funding on high quality tutoring and rigorous extended learning programs. |
H Approps |
Rude |
|
Medium |
|
Skill center class size |
Concerning skill center class size. |
H Approps |
Paul |
Support |
High |
|
|
Prototypical school formulas |
Increasing prototypical school formulas to support student health, well-being, and educational outcomes. |
H Approps |
Rule |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
College in high school fees |
Eliminating college in the high school fees. |
S Ways & Means |
Mullet |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SSB 5221 (SHB 1289) |
Opportunity scholarship |
Concerning program administration for the Washington state opportunity scholarship program. |
S Ways & Means |
Liias |
|
Monitoring |
|
SSB 5243 (HB 1273) |
High school and beyond plans |
Concerning high school and beyond planning. |
S Ways & Means |
Wellman |
|
Monitoring |
|
SB 5247 (SHB 1176) |
Climate-ready communities |
Developing opportunities for service and workforce programs to support climate-ready communities. |
S Ways & Means |
Nobles |
|
Monitoring |
|
SSB 5248 (HB 1710) |
Tutoring & extended learning |
Using COVID-19 relief funding on high quality tutoring and rigorous extended learning programs. |
S Ways & Means |
Braun |
|
Monitoring |
|
SB 5251 (HB 1058) |
Commercial driver's licenses |
Streamlining the licensing process for a commercial driver's license by allowing the department to waive requirements for applicants that previously surrendered the license, allowing the license to be renewed online, and modifying the license test fees. |
S Rules 2 |
Valdez |
|
Monitoring |
|
SSB 5305 (HB 1374) |
Office of career connect WA |
Establishing the office of career connect Washington. |
S Ways & Means |
Wellman |
|
Monitoring |
|
SSB 5311 (HB 1211) |
Special education funding |
Concerning special education funding formula. |
S Ways & Means |
Wellman |
|
Monitoring |
|
Special education/nonpublic |
Concerning nonpublic agencies operating special education programs for students with disabilities. |
S Ways & Means |
Wilson |
Oppose |
High |
|
|
Intern wages |
Concerning paying interns. |
S Labor & Comm |
Keiser |
Concerns |
High |
|
|
School construction costs |
Reducing costs and increasing efficiency in school construction. |
S EL/K-12 |
Schoesler |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Public school revolving fund |
Establishing a public school revolving fund. |
S Ways & Means |
Schoesler |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
School buildings/energy |
Exempting certain public school buildings from the state energy performance standard. |
S Environment, E |
Schoesler |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Ninth grade success grants |
Establishing the ninth grade success grant program. |
S Ways & Means |
Liias |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
School district curricula |
Promoting the adoption of school district curricula that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive. |
S Ways & Means |
Wilson |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
College grant prg. stipend |
Adding a stipend to the Washington college grant program. |
S Higher Ed & Wo |
Liias |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SB 5566 (HB 1559) |
Postsecondary student needs |
Establishing the student basic needs at public postsecondary institutions act. |
S Higher Ed & Wo |
Shewmake |
|
Monitoring |
|
Skill centers course equiv. |
Facilitating course equivalency agreements between skill centers and school districts. |
S EL/K-12 |
Wellman |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
WA achievers grant program |
Creating the Washington achievers grant program. |
S Higher Ed & Wo |
Torres |
|
Medium |
|
|
Skill center class sizes |
Reinstating skill center class size. |
S EL/K-12 |
Boehnke |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SB 5668 (HB 1605) |
Small districts/skill center |
Concerning small districts with less than 2,750 students and significant participation in skill centers. |
S EL/K-12 |
Shewmake |
|
Monitoring |
|
Running start/10th grade |
Permitting 10th grade students to participate in running start in online settings. |
S Higher Ed & Wo |
Hawkins |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SB 5692 (HB 1244) |
Enrichment levy authority |
Increasing the maximum per pupil limit for enrichment levy authority. |
S EL/K-12 |
Lovelett |
|
Monitoring |
|
College grant/promise prg. |
Expanding the Washington college grant and establishing the Washington college promise program. |
S Higher Ed & Wo |
Liias |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Workforce shortages |
Addressing high demand workforce shortages. |
S Higher Ed & Wo |
Nobles |
|
Monitoring |
ENERGY/CLIMATE CHANGE
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
Priority |
|
SHB 1131 (SSB 5154) |
Solid waste management |
Improving Washington's solid waste management outcomes. |
H Approps |
Berry |
Concerns |
High |
|
Appliance management |
Providing for the responsible management of appliances containing harmful gases and other materials. |
H Env & Energy |
Doglio |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SHB 1170 (SSB 5093) |
Climate response strategy |
Improving climate resilience through updates to the state's integrated climate response strategy. |
H Exec Action |
Street |
Concerns |
Medium |
|
HB 1175 (SB 5233) |
Petroleum storage tanks |
Creating a state financial assurance program for petroleum underground storage tanks. |
H Exec Action |
Doglio |
Support |
Low |
|
SHB 1181 (SB 5203) |
Climate change/planning |
Improving the state's response to climate change by updating the state's planning framework. |
H Exec Action |
Duerr |
Oppose |
Medium |
|
HB 1192 (SSB 5165) |
Electric transm. planning |
Concerning electric power system transmission planning. |
H Env & Energy |
Duerr |
Support |
High |
|
Greenhouse gas/building code |
Affirming that the legislature has not provided authority for the state building code council to use greenhouse gas emissions as a consideration in residential building codes or energy codes. |
H Env & Energy |
Dye |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
HB 1216 (SB 5380) |
Clean energy siting |
Concerning clean energy siting. |
H Exec Action |
Fitzgibbon |
|
Monitoring |
|
Emissions limits/use |
Clarifying that the statutory statewide emissions limits are not to be used for evaluation and government decision making with respect to individual projects or government decisions except where such use is explicitly statutorily authorized. |
H Env & Energy |
McEntire |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Embodied carbon reductions |
Modeling, measurement, and reporting embodied carbon emission reductions from structural building products in state-funded projects. |
H Cap Budget |
Steele |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
District energy systems |
Concerning district energy systems. |
H Exec Action |
Ramel |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Energy in buildings |
Concerning energy in buildings. |
H Exec Action |
Ramel |
Oppose |
High |
|
|
HB 1404 (SB 5117) |
State building code council |
Reforming the state building code council, its operations and procedures, and its statutory authority. |
H Local Govt |
Goehner |
Support |
Medium |
|
Consumer-owned utilities |
Applying the affected market customer provisions of the Washington clean energy transformation act to nonresidential customers of consumer-owned utilities. |
H Passed 3rd |
Doglio |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Energy labeling/residential |
Concerning energy labeling of residential buildings. |
H Approps |
Duerr |
|
Medium |
|
|
All-hazard emergency manage. |
Concerning energy resilience, cybersecurity, and all-hazard emergency management. |
H Approps |
Donaghy |
|
Low |
|
|
Community solar |
Concerning fair access to community solar. |
H Env & Energy |
Hackney |
Oppose |
Medium |
|
|
Methane/agriculture |
Supporting Washington agriculture by capturing methane and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. |
H Ag&Nr |
Rule |
Support |
Medium |
|
|
HB 1589 (SB 5562) |
Clean energy |
Supporting Washington's clean energy economy and transitioning to a clean, affordable, and reliable energy future. |
H Env & Energy |
Doglio |
Neutral |
Medium |
|
Renewable energy resources |
Incentivizing development and acquisition of renewable energy resources. |
H Env & Energy |
Fey |
Support |
Medium |
|
|
Carbon market prices |
Preventing carbon market price manipulation. |
H Env & Energy |
Dye |
|
High |
|
|
HB 1723 (SB 5651) |
GMA/equity and env. justice |
Concerning equity and environmental justice in the growth management act. |
H Local Govt |
Duerr |
|
Monitoring |
|
Hydrogen fuel products |
Creating and expanding tax incentives for the research, development, production, and sale of hydrogen fuel products in Washington state. |
H Finance |
Abbarno |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Energy/tax |
Supporting clean energy through tax changes that increase revenue to local governments, schools, and impacted communities. |
H Finance |
Ramel |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Climate comm. act/fuel use |
Addressing unintended consequences of the climate commitment act. |
H Env & Energy |
Schmick |
|
Medium |
|
|
Natural gas/energy code |
Ensuring that the Washington state energy code may not prohibit the use of natural gas in buildings. |
S Environment, E |
Wilson |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Energy standards/commercial |
Creating a work group to evaluate the costs of the state energy performance standard for covered commercial buildings. |
S Environment, E |
Mullet |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Hydrogen fuel cells |
Creating and expanding tax incentives for the research, development, production, and sale of hydrogen fuel cells in Washington state. |
S Business, Fin |
King |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SSB 5093 (SHB 1170) |
Climate response strategy |
Improving climate resilience through updates to the state's integrated climate response strategy. |
S Ways & Means |
Rolfes |
|
Monitoring |
|
SSB 5154 (SHB 1131) |
Solid waste management |
Improving Washington's solid waste management outcomes. |
S Ways & Means |
Rolfes |
Concerns |
Medium |
|
SSB 5165 (HB 1192) |
Electric transm. planning |
Concerning electric power system transmission planning. |
S Ways & Means |
Nguyen |
Concerns |
High |
|
Energy independence act |
Modernizing the energy independence act to avoid regulatory duplication and overlap with other laws. |
S Environment, E |
Boehnke |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SB 5203 (SHB 1181) |
Climate change/planning |
Improving the state's response to climate change by updating the state's planning framework. |
S Loc Gov, Land |
Lovelett |
|
Monitoring |
|
SB 5233 (HB 1175) |
Petroleum storage tanks |
Creating a state financial assurance program for petroleum underground storage tanks. |
S Environment, E |
Wellman |
Support |
Low |
|
Wind turbine blade recycling |
Concerning a study on the recycling of wind turbine blades. |
S 2nd Reading |
Wilson |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Clean energy/residential |
Creating a residential property assessed clean energy and resiliency program. |
S Loc Gov, Land |
Lovelett |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SB 5366 (HB 1329) |
Utility shutoffs/heat |
Preventing utility shutoffs for nonpayment during extreme heat. |
S Environment, E |
Nguyen |
|
Monitoring |
|
SB 5380 (HB 1216) |
Clean energy siting |
Concerning clean energy siting. |
S Environment, E |
Nguyen |
|
Monitoring |
|
SB 5416 (HB 1409) |
Building code classif. |
Compelling the state building code council to expand residential building code classifications. |
S State Govt & E |
Braun |
Support |
Medium |
|
Air pollution/human health |
Protecting human health from excessive air pollution. |
S Environment, E |
Stanford |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Methane capture |
Supporting Washington's crop and livestock farms, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and generating renewable energy by capturing methane. |
S Ag/Water/Natur |
Shewmake |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SB 5562 (HB 1589) |
Clean energy |
Supporting Washington's clean energy economy and transitioning to a clean, affordable, and reliable energy future. |
S Environment, E |
Nguyen |
Oppose |
High |
|
Energy efficiency loans |
Authorizing electric utilities to establish energy efficiency revolving loan programs. |
S Environment, E |
Lovelett |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Gas companies/renewable res. |
Incentivizing gas companies to develop and acquire renewable energy resources. |
S Environment, E |
Boehnke |
|
Monitoring |
HEALTH CARE
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
Priority |
|
HB 1263 (SB 5241) |
Health care marketplace |
Concerning material changes to the operations and governance structure of participants in the health care marketplace. |
H Civil R & Judi |
Simmons |
|
Monitoring |
|
HB 1495 (SB 5373) |
ARNP, PA, & MD reimbursement |
Requiring equal reimbursement for advanced registered nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and physicians. |
H HC/Wellness |
Simmons |
|
Monitoring |
|
HB 1508 (SB 5519) |
Health care cost board |
Improving consumer affordability through the health care cost transparency board. |
H HC/Wellness |
Macri |
|
Monitoring |
|
Out-of-state health prov. |
Increasing the health care workforce by authorizing out-of-state providers to practice immediately. |
H HC/Wellness |
Caldier |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
HB 1571 (SB 5526) |
Nursing facility rates |
Concerning nursing facility rates. |
H Approps |
Tharinger |
|
Monitoring |
|
Nursing degrees |
Accessing degrees in nursing. |
H Postsec Ed & W |
Paul |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
HB 1748 (SB 5532) |
Small rural hospital payment |
Providing enhanced payment to low volume, small rural hospitals. |
H HC/Wellness |
Mosbrucker |
|
Monitoring |
|
Hospital staffing standards |
Concerning hospital staffing standards. |
S Ways & Means |
Robinson |
Oppose |
High |
|
|
SB 5241 (HB 1263) |
Health care marketplace |
Concerning material changes to the operations and governance structure of participants in the health care marketplace. |
S Law & Justice |
Randall |
|
Monitoring |
|
Washington health trust |
Developing the Washington health trust. |
S Health & Long |
Hasegawa |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Essential health benefits |
Reviewing the state's essential health benefits. |
H HC/Wellness |
Cleveland |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SB 5373 (HB 1495) |
ARNP, PA, & MD reimbursement |
Requiring equal reimbursement for advanced registered nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and physicians. |
S Health & Long |
Randall |
|
Monitoring |
|
SB 5519 (HB 1508) |
Health care cost board |
Improving consumer affordability through the health care cost transparency board. |
S Health & Long |
Robinson |
|
Monitoring |
|
SB 5526 (HB 1571) |
Nursing facility rates |
Concerning nursing facility rates. |
S Health & Long |
Van De Wege |
|
Monitoring |
|
SB 5532 (HB 1748) |
Small rural hospital payment |
Providing enhanced payment to low volume, small rural hospitals. |
S Health & Long |
King |
|
Monitoring |
|
Hospital staffing collab. |
Establishing the Washington state hospital patient care unit staffing innovation collaborative. |
S Health & Long |
Cleveland |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Nurse supply |
Reducing barriers and expanding educational opportunities to increase the supply of nurses in Washington. |
S Ways & Means |
Holy |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Hospitals/guardianship |
Allowing courts to order appropriate hospital discharge and transition to long-term care services or residence for an individual in a hospital during the pendency of a guardianship process. |
S Law & Justice |
Wagoner |
|
Monitoring |
HOUSING/HOMELESSNESS
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
Priority |
|
Local gov. design review |
Concerning local government design review. |
H 2nd Reading |
Walen |
|
High |
|
|
Use of existing buildings |
Concerning the use of existing buildings for residential purposes. |
H Passed 3rd |
Walen |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Housing dev. income limits |
Expanding housing supply by supporting the ability of public housing authorities to finance affordable housing developments by rebenchmarking area median income limits. |
S Housing |
Walen |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
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. |
H Finance |
Ramel |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Community org. contracts |
Increasing local governments' ability to contract with community service organizations. |
S Loc Gov, Land U |
Shavers |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Public works wages |
Requiring certain wages in public works contracts to be at least the prevailing wage in effect when the work is performed. |
H Cap Budget |
Berry |
Oppose |
High |
|
|
HB 1110 (SSB 5190) |
Middle housing |
Increasing middle housing in areas traditionally dedicated to single-family detached housing. |
H Exec Action |
Bateman |
Support |
High |
|
SHB 1133 (SB 5357) |
Detached ADUs |
Establishing limitations on detached accessory dwelling units outside urban growth areas. |
H Rules R |
Chapman |
Support |
High |
|
HB 1135 (SB 5452) |
Impact fee use |
Authorizing impact fee revenue to fund improvements to bicycle and pedestrian facilities. |
H Rules R |
Slatter |
Concerns |
Medium |
|
HB 1149 (SSB 5202) |
Housing/capital expenditures |
Reducing homelessness in Washington state through capital expenditures for programs that address housing insecurity. |
H Cap Budget |
Tharinger |
|
Monitoring |
|
Residential housing |
Concerning residential housing regulations. |
H Approps |
Duerr |
|
High |
|
|
Environmental permitting |
Expediting environmental permitting for job-creating investment in Washington. |
H Env & Energy |
McEntire |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
HB 1231 (SSB 5229) |
Site readiness grants |
Accelerating rural job growth and promoting economic recovery across Washington through site readiness grants. |
H Cap Budget |
Berg |
|
Monitoring |
|
SHB 1245 (SSB 5364) |
Lot splitting |
Increasing housing options through lot splitting. |
H 2nd Reading |
Barkis |
Support |
High |
|
Impact fee deferrals |
Concerning impact fee deferrals. |
H HOUSDP |
Bateman |
Support |
Medium |
|
|
HB 1276 (SB 5235) |
Accessory dwelling units |
Concerning accessory dwelling units. |
H Housing |
Pollet |
|
Monitoring |
|
HB 1282 (SB 5322) |
Public building materials |
Requiring environmental and labor reporting for public building construction and renovation material. |
H Cap Budget |
Duerr |
Oppose |
Medium |
|
HB 1296 (SB 5290) |
Local permit review |
Concerning consolidating local permit review processes. |
H Approps |
Peterson |
Support |
High |
|
HB 1298 (SB 5258) |
Condos and townhouses |
Increasing the supply and affordability of condominium units and townhouses as an option for homeownership. |
H Civil R & Judi |
Hutchins |
|
Monitoring |
|
Accessory dwelling units |
Expanding housing options by easing barriers to the construction and use of accessory dwelling units. |
H 2nd Reading |
Gregerson |
|
High |
|
|
Comm.-based health assess. |
Integrating community-based health assessments into foundational environmental policies to improve environmental justice. |
H Env & Energy |
Pollet |
Oppose |
High |
|
|
Multifamily unit conversion |
Expanding the multifamily tax exemption program to include converting existing multifamily units. |
H Housing |
Walen |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SHB 1351 (SB 5456) |
Minimum parking requirements |
Prohibiting the imposition of minimum parking requirements except under certain circumstances. |
H LGDPS |
Reed |
|
Monitoring |
|
First-time home buyers |
Changing the definition of first-time home buyer. |
H Cap Budget |
Donaghy |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Homeless funding |
Eliminating unnecessary homeless funding budget and auditing requirements. |
H Passed 3rd |
Donaghy |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Residential rent practices |
Protecting tenants by prohibiting predatory residential rent practices and by applying the consumer protection act to the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act. |
H Exec Action |
Macri |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
HB 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 Exec Action |
Ramel |
|
Monitoring |
|
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 Rules R |
Jacobsen |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Urban growth boundaries |
Adjusting urban growth boundaries to account for situations where property owners have not developed property as expected in comprehensive plans and development regulations. |
H Local Govt |
Jacobsen |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
HB 1409 (SB 5416) |
Building code classif. |
Compelling the state building code council to expand residential building code classifications. |
H Local Govt |
Abbarno |
Support |
Medium |
|
Project permits/reports |
Amending reporting requirements for the project permit application processing timeline. |
H Rules R |
Alvarado |
Support |
High |
|
|
Property infill/GMA |
Concerning infill for properties uniquely situated between boundaries and existing development. |
H Local Govt |
Barkis |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Impact fee deferrals |
Concerning impact fee deferrals. |
H Rules R |
Goehner |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
HB 1474 (SB 5496) |
Covenant homeownership prg. |
Creating the covenant homeownership account and program to address the history of housing discrimination due to racially restrictive real estate covenants in Washington state. |
H Exec Action |
Taylor |
|
Monitoring |
|
HB 1476 (SB 5289) |
Impact fees/law enforcement |
Concerning allowing the use of impact fees for law enforcement. |
H Local Govt |
Shavers |
|
Monitoring |
|
Community preservation auth. |
Establishing permanent funding for community preservation and development authorities approved through RCW 43.167.060. |
H Local Govt |
Santos |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
HB 1517 (SB 5466) |
Transit-oriented development |
Promoting transit-oriented development. |
H Housing |
Reed |
|
Monitoring |
|
Local project review |
Concerning local project review. |
H Local Govt |
Barkis |
Support |
High |
|
|
HB 1524 (SB 5528) |
Prime contractor retainage |
Concerning the retainage percentage withheld by prime contractors. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Bronoske |
|
Monitoring |
|
Construction consumers |
Strengthening protections for consumers in the construction industry. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Orwall |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
HB 1544 (SB 5159) |
Shoreline program review |
Concerning shoreline master program review schedules. |
H Passed 3rd |
Alvarado |
|
Monitoring |
|
Local infra. project areas |
Addressing local infrastructure project areas. |
H Local Govt |
Cortes |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Affordable housing incentive |
Providing local governments with options to increase affordable housing in their communities. |
H Local Govt |
Kloba |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Local government permitting |
Concerning local government permitting. |
H Finance |
Reed |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Local government procurement |
Concerning standardizing local government procurement rules among special purpose districts, first-class and second-class cities, and public utility districts. |
H Local Govt |
Ryu |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
HB 1625 (SB 5615) |
Rent controls/local gov. |
Enabling local governments to plan and adopt programs to stabilize and control rents. |
H Housing |
Pollet |
Oppose |
High |
|
Real estate excise tax |
Increasing the supply of affordable housing by modifying the state and local real estate excise tax. |
H Local Govt |
Chopp |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
HB 1667 (SB 5563) |
Prevailing wage |
Concerning how the prevailing wage for public works is determined. |
H Labor & Workpl |
Schmidt |
|
Monitoring |
|
HB 1695 (SB 5674) |
Surplus property/housing |
Defining affordable housing for purposes of using surplus public property for public benefit. |
H Housing |
Alvarado |
|
Monitoring |
|
HB 1709 (SSB 5301) |
Commerce housing programs |
Concerning housing programs administered by the department of commerce. |
H Cap Budget |
Tharinger |
|
Monitoring |
|
HB 1723 (SB 5651) |
GMA/equity and env. justice |
Concerning equity and environmental justice in the growth management act. |
H Local Govt |
Duerr |
|
Monitoring |
|
GMA/net ecological gain |
Adding net ecological gain as a voluntary element of comprehensive plans under the growth management act. |
H Env & Energy |
Lekanoff |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Owner-occupied property/tax |
Setting the taxable value of owner-occupied property. |
H Finance |
Walsh |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Real property |
Concerning real property. |
H Civil R & Judi |
Pedersen |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Homelessness |
Addressing homelessness through providing emergency shelter, incentivizing employment of workers experiencing homelessness, and building homes for a better future. |
S Housing |
Fortunato |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
American dream homes |
Promoting housing affordability by incentivizing the construction of American dream homes. |
S Housing |
Fortunato |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
ADU rental/property tax |
Incentivizing rental of accessory dwelling units to low-income households. |
S Ways & Means |
Kuderer |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Multiunit res. buildings |
Exempting buildings with 12 or fewer units that are no more than two stories from the definition of multiunit residential building. |
S 2nd Reading |
Padden |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Rental & vacant properties |
Requiring the registration of rental and vacant housing units. |
S Ways & Means |
Kuderer |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Sick leave/construction |
Concerning payments for accrued and unused sick leave for certain construction workers. |
S Labor & Comm |
Keiser |
Oppose |
Medium |
|
|
SB 5117 (HB 1404) |
State building code council |
Reforming the state building code council, its operations and procedures, and its statutory authority. |
S State Govt & E |
Wilson |
|
Monitoring |
|
Multifamily property tax ex. |
Concerning modifying the multifamily property tax exemption to promote development of long-term affordable housing. |
S Housing |
Kuderer |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
23-hr crisis relief centers |
Establishing 23-hour crisis relief centers in Washington state. |
S Ways & Means |
Dhingra |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SB 5159 (HB 1544) |
Shoreline program review |
Concerning shoreline master program review schedules. |
S Rules 2 |
Torres |
|
Monitoring |
|
SSB 5190 (HB 1110) |
Middle housing |
Increasing middle housing in areas traditionally dedicated to single-family detached housing. |
S Ways & Means |
Trudeau |
|
Monitoring |
|
SSB 5202 (HB 1149) |
Housing/capital expenditures |
Reducing homelessness in Washington state through capital expenditures for programs that address housing insecurity. |
S Ways & Means |
Trudeau |
|
High |
|
SB 5235 (HB 1276) |
Accessory dwelling units |
Concerning accessory dwelling units. |
S Loc Gov, Land |
Shewmake |
|
Monitoring |
|
SB 5258 (HB 1298) |
Condos and townhouses |
Increasing the supply and affordability of condominium units and townhouses as an option for homeownership. |
S Law & Justice |
Shewmake |
|
Monitoring |
|
Housing equity property |
Expanding a sales and use tax deferral program for affordable housing to include structures initially used as temporary employee housing for employees constructing warehouses, distribution centers, and other large facilities. |
S Ways & Means |
Wilson |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SB 5289 (HB 1476) |
Impact fees/law enforcement |
Concerning allowing the use of impact fees for law enforcement. |
S Loc Gov, Land |
Shewmake |
|
Monitoring |
|
SB 5290 (HB 1296) |
Local permit review |
Concerning consolidating local permit review processes. |
S Loc Gov, Land |
Mullet |
Support |
High |
|
SSB 5301 (HB 1709) |
Commerce housing programs |
Concerning housing programs administered by the department of commerce. |
S Ways & Means |
Mullet |
|
Monitoring |
|
Public works assist. account |
Creating the public works assistance revolving account. |
S Ways & Means |
Mullet |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
RTA vehicle removal |
Concerning the removal of vehicles by a regional transit authority when obstructing the operation of high capacity transportation vehicles or jeopardizing public safety. |
S 2nd RdConsCal |
Nobles |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SB 5322 (HB 1282) |
Public building materials |
Requiring environmental and labor reporting for public building construction and renovation material. |
S Environment, En |
Wellman |
|
Monitoring |
|
Homeless camps/schools, etc. |
Prohibiting locating homeless encampments near schools and early learning facilities. |
S Loc Gov, Land |
King |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Affordable housing funding |
Providing a local government option for the funding of essential affordable housing programs. |
S RecComm |
Lovelett |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Property sale and leaseback |
Exempting the sale and leaseback of property by a seller from the residential landlord-tenant act when the seller agrees to a written lease at closing. |
S Housing |
Cleveland |
Support |
High |
|
|
SB 5357 (SHB 1133) |
Detached ADUs |
Establishing limitations on detached accessory dwelling units outside urban growth areas. |
S Loc Gov, Land |
Gildon |
|
Monitoring |
|
SSB 5364 (SHB 1245) |
Lot splitting |
Increasing housing options through lot splitting. |
S Rules 2 |
Frame |
|
Monitoring |
|
Embodied carbon reductions |
Modeling, measurement, and reporting embodied carbon emission reductions from structural building products in state-funded projects. |
S Environment, En |
Van De Wege |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Real estate technology fee |
Increasing the real estate technology fee dedicated to the maintenance and operation of property tax and real estate excise tax electronic processing, reporting, and revaluation systems. |
S Ways & Means |
Lovick |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SB 5416 (HB 1409) |
Building code classif. |
Compelling the state building code council to expand residential building code classifications. |
S State Govt & E |
Braun |
Support |
Medium |
|
SB 5435 (HB 1389) |
Residential rent increases |
Concerning residential rent increases under the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act. |
S Housing |
Trudeau |
|
Monitoring |
|
SB 5452 (HB 1135) |
Impact fee use |
Authorizing impact fee revenue to fund improvements to bicycle and pedestrian facilities. |
S Transportation |
Shewmake |
Concerns |
Medium |
|
SB 5456 (SHB 1351) |
Minimum parking requirements |
Prohibiting the imposition of minimum parking requirements except under certain circumstances. |
S Loc Gov, Land |
Frame |
|
Monitoring |
|
Small cities/GMA |
Implementing growth management task force legislative recommendations regarding small cities. |
S Rules 2 |
Short |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SB 5466 (HB 1517) |
Transit-oriented development |
Promoting transit-oriented development. |
S Transportation |
Liias |
|
Monitoring |
|
Covenant homeownership prg. |
Creating the covenant homeownership account and program to address the history of housing discrimination due to racially restrictive real estate covenants in Washington state. |
S Housing |
Lovick |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Project permit timelines |
Concerning project permit timelines. |
S Loc Gov, Land |
Gildon |
Support |
High |
|
|
Residential building exits |
Allowing for residential buildings of a certain height to be served by a single exit under certain conditions. |
S Loc Gov, Land |
Salomon |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Financial instit./B&O tax |
Eliminating a business and occupation tax deduction for financial institutions to fund affordable housing. |
S Ways & Means |
Kuderer |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SB 5496 (HB 1474) |
Covenant homeownership prg. |
Creating the covenant homeownership account and program to address the history of housing discrimination due to racially restrictive real estate covenants in Washington state. |
S Housing |
Lovick |
|
Monitoring |
|
SB 5528 (HB 1524) |
Prime contractor retainage |
Concerning the retainage percentage withheld by prime contractors. |
S Labor & Comm |
Stanford |
|
Monitoring |
|
Digital experience |
Creating a work group to develop a "Whole WA" digital experience that will connect Washington residents to services. |
S Environment, E |
Gildon |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Temporary emergency shelters |
Authorizing standards for temporary emergency shelters for local adoption. |
S Loc Gov, Land |
Lovelett |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SB 5563 (HB 1667) |
Prevailing wage |
Concerning how the prevailing wage for public works is determined. |
S Labor & Comm |
King |
Support |
Medium |
|
Housing approval |
Establishing housing approval requirements that will eliminate Washington's housing shortage. |
S Housing |
Braun |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SB 5615 (HB 1625) |
Rent controls/local gov. |
Enabling local governments to plan and adopt programs to stabilize and control rents. |
S Loc Gov, Land |
Valdez |
Concerns |
High |
|
Graduated rental rates |
Providing for graduated rental rate agreements under the transitional housing operating and rent program. |
S Housing |
Fortunato |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SB 5651 (HB 1723) |
GMA/equity and env. justice |
Concerning equity and environmental justice in the growth management act. |
S Loc Gov, Land |
Lovelett |
Concerns |
High |
|
Kit home permitting |
Concerning city and town permitting of kit homes. |
S State Govt & E |
Wilson |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SB 5674 (HB 1695) |
Surplus property/housing |
Defining affordable housing for purposes of using surplus public property for public benefit. |
S Housing |
Frame |
|
Monitoring |
|
SB 5719 (HB 1679) |
Student homelessness group |
Modifying and extending requirements of a work group convened to address the needs of students in foster care, experiencing homelessness, or both. |
S Human Services |
Hunt |
|
Monitoring |
OTHER CHAMBER BILLS
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
Priority |
|
HB 1215 (SB 5266) |
Riparian areas |
Concerning the protection and restoration of riparian areas. |
H Ag&Nr |
Chapman |
|
Medium |
|
HB 1258 (SB 5465) |
Tourism marketing |
Increasing tourism to Washington state through enhancement of the statewide tourism marketing account and changing necessary match requirements. |
H Exec Action |
Ryu |
Support |
High |
|
Gubernatorial proclamations |
Increasing legislative involvement in gubernatorial proclamations relating to a state of emergency. |
H State Govt & T |
Corry |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
HB 1746 (SB 5718) |
State broadband map |
Concerning a state broadband map. |
H Innov, Comm & |
Ryu |
|
Monitoring |
|
SB 5266 (HB 1215) |
Riparian areas |
Concerning the protection and restoration of riparian areas. |
S Ag/Water/Natur |
Shewmake |
|
Monitoring |
|
Port district public works |
Concerning port districts public works contracting. |
S Loc Gov, Land |
Kauffman |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SB 5465 (HB 1258) |
Tourism marketing |
Increasing tourism to Washington state through enhancement of the statewide tourism marketing account and changing necessary match requirements. |
S Ways & Means |
Stanford |
Support |
High |
|
Capital broadband program |
Establishing and making appropriations for the capital broadband investment acceleration program. |
S Environment, E |
Torres |
Support |
Medium |
PUBLIC SAFETY
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
Priority |
|
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 |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Electric security alarms |
Regulating electric security alarm systems. |
H Local Govt |
Hackney |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
HB 1363 (SB 5352) |
Vehicular pursuits |
Concerning vehicular pursuits. |
H Community Safe |
Rule |
|
Monitoring |
|
Law enf. officer funding |
Providing funding for the recruitment, retention, and support of law enforcement officers. |
H Approps |
Stokesbary |
Support |
High |
|
|
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 Safe |
Ramos |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
HB 1446 (SSB 5361) |
Law enf. officers/increase |
Incentivizing cities and counties to increase employment of commissioned law enforcement officers. |
H Local Govt |
Stokesbary |
Support |
High |
|
Definition of theft |
Concerning the definition of theft. |
H Community Safe |
Griffey |
Support |
High |
|
|
State v. Blake relief |
Providing relief for persons affected by State v. Blake. |
H Civil R & Judi |
Simmons |
Concerns |
High |
|
|
Law enf. employ. eligibility |
Expanding eligibility for employment of certain law enforcement and prosecutor office positions. |
H Community Safe |
Cortes |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
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 Exec Action |
Stonier |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Vehicular pursuits work grp. |
Requiring the criminal justice training commission to establish a work group and grant program related to vehicular pursuits. |
H Community Safe |
Goodman |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Electronic commerce |
Increasing accountability for products sold on electronic commerce platforms. |
H ConsPro&Bus |
Ryu |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
HB 1613 (SB 5467) |
Controlled sub. possession |
Encouraging treatment for possession of certain counterfeit drugs or controlled substances. |
H Community Safe |
Rule |
|
Monitoring |
|
Eluding a police vehicle |
Expanding penalties for the crime of attempting to elude a pursuing police vehicle. |
H Community Safe |
Connors |
Support |
High |
|
|
Minors in possession |
Concerning minors in possession of alcohol, cannabis, or controlled substances. |
H Community Safe |
Cheney |
|
Medium |
|
|
Vehicular pursuits |
Concerning the authority for a peace officer to engage in a vehicular pursuit. |
S Law & Justice |
Padden |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Online marketplaces |
Concerning online marketplace consumer protection caused by organized retail crime. |
S Environment, E |
Lovick |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Vehicles as homestead |
Providing that vehicles illegally parked on public property or in a public right-of-way are not homesteads under chapter 6.13 RCW. |
S Housing |
Fortunato |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Organized retail theft |
Concerning organized retail theft. |
S 2nd Reading |
Torres |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Product theft |
Ensuring commerce and workplaces are safe from product theft. |
S Labor & Comm |
Keiser |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SB 5352 (HB 1363) |
Vehicular pursuits |
Concerning vehicular pursuits. |
S Law & Justice |
Lovick |
|
Monitoring |
|
SSB 5361 (HB 1446) |
Law enf. officers/increase |
Incentivizing cities and counties to increase employment of commissioned law enforcement officers. |
S Ways & Means |
Holy |
|
Monitoring |
|
SB 5467 (HB 1613) |
Controlled sub. possession |
Encouraging treatment for possession of certain counterfeit drugs or controlled substances. |
S Law & Justice |
Salomon |
|
Monitoring |
|
Sub. use disorder treatment |
Ensuring access to substance use disorder treatment. |
S Ways & Means |
Gildon |
Support |
High |
|
|
Controlled substances |
Concerning controlled substances, counterfeit substances, and legend drug possession and treatment. |
S RecComm |
Robinson |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
EV supply equipment |
Preventing the destruction of electric vehicle charging equipment. |
S LAWDPS |
Wilson |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Electric security alarms |
Concerning electric security alarm systems. |
S Loc Gov, Land |
Rivers |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Mental health sentencing alt |
Concerning the mental health sentencing alternative. |
S Law & Justice |
Nobles |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SB 5644 (HB 1769) |
Juvenile records |
Concerning juvenile records. |
S Human Services |
Frame |
Concerns |
Medium |
|
State hospitals/police costs |
Concerning policing costs driven by proximity to state hospitals. |
S Law & Justice |
Holy |
|
Monitoring |
TRANSPORTATION
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
Priority |
|
Freight mobility priority |
Concerning freight mobility prioritization. |
H Exec Action |
Fey |
Concerns |
Medium |
|
|
HB 1125 (SB 5162) |
Transportation budget |
Making transportation appropriations for the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium. |
H Transportation |
Fey |
|
Monitoring |
|
HB 1126 (SB 5164) |
Transportation budget, supp. |
Making supplemental transportation appropriations for the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium. |
H Transportation |
Fey |
|
Monitoring |
|
HB 1198 (SB 5402) |
PTBA/limited law enforcement |
Authorizing public transportation benefit areas to become limited authority Washington law enforcement agencies. |
H Community Safet |
Bronoske |
|
Monitoring |
|
HB 1219 (SB 5575) |
PTBA governing bodies |
Concerning public transportation benefit area governing bodies. |
H Transportation |
Pollet |
|
Monitoring |
|
Clean fuel/public transport. |
Enhancing access to clean fuel for agencies providing public transportation. |
H Rules R |
Hackney |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Motor vehicle sales tax |
Dedicating the state sales tax on motor vehicles for transportation. |
H Approps |
Barkis |
Support |
Medium |
|
|
I-405 express & HOV lanes |
Modifying the hours of operation for the Interstate 405 express toll lanes and high occupancy vehicle lanes. |
H Transportation |
Walsh |
Concerns |
High |
|
|
Motor vehicles sales tax use |
Dedicating the sales tax on motor vehicles to highway uses. |
S Ways & Means |
Fortunato |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Sales tax/transp. projects |
Concerning sales tax revenues of transportation projects being used for transportation purposes. |
S Transportation |
Fortunato |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Motor vehicle sales tax |
Dedicating the state sales tax on motor vehicles for transportation. |
S Ways & Means |
MacEwen |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SB 5162 (HB 1125) |
Transportation budget |
Making transportation appropriations for the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium. |
S Transportation |
Liias |
|
Monitoring |
|
SB 5164 (HB 1126) |
Transportation budget, supp. |
Making supplemental transportation appropriations for the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium. |
S Transportation |
Liias |
|
Monitoring |
|
Insurance commissioner |
Rendering the Washington state insurance commissioner an appointed position. |
S State Govt & E |
Mullet |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SB 5292 (HB 1334) |
PTBA aquatic lands access |
Addressing the access of certain aquatic lands by a public transportation benefit area. |
S Rules 2 |
Randall |
|
Monitoring |
|
Vehicle combinations |
Concerning vehicle combinations that may be operated on public highways. |
S Transportation |
MacEwen |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Clean fuels program report |
Advancing the due date for the department of ecology's report on the effects of the clean fuels program. |
S Environment, E |
MacEwen |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Pay per mile fee system |
Establishing a pay per mile fee system. |
S Transportation |
Fortunato |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
SB 5575 (HB 1219) |
PTBA governing bodies |
Concerning public transportation benefit area governing bodies. |
S Transportation |
Liias |
|
Monitoring |
|
SR 520 tolls |
Addressing toll relief on the state route number 520 corridor during planned closures of Interstate 90 between Seattle and Bellevue. |
S Transportation |
Mullet |
|
Monitoring |
|
|
Revenue for highway purposes |
Amending the state Constitution so that state revenue collected from a road usage charge, vehicle miles traveled fee, or other similar type of comparable charge, must be used exclusively for highway purposes. |
S Transportation |
Fortunato |
|
Monitoring |
Uncategorized Bills
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
Priority |
|
HB 1479 (SB 5559) |
Student restraint, isolation |
Concerning restraint or isolation of students in public schools and educational programs. |
H Education |
Callan |
Support |
Medium |
|
HB 1505 (SSB 5447) |
Alternative jet fuel |
Promoting the alternative jet fuel industry in Washington. |
H Env & Energy |
Slatter |
Support |
Medium |
|
HB 1612 (SB 5367) |
Products containing THC |
Concerning the regulation of products containing THC. |
H Reg Subst & Ga |
Kloba |
|
Monitoring |
|
SB 5367 (HB 1612) |
Products containing THC |
Concerning the regulation of products containing THC. |
S Labor & Comm |
Robinson |
|
Monitoring |
|
SSB 5447 (HB 1505) |
Alternative jet fuel |
Promoting the alternative jet fuel industry in Washington. |
S Ways & Means |
Billig |
Support |
High |
|
SB 5559 (HB 1479) |
Student restraint, isolation |
Concerning restraint or isolation of students in public schools and educational programs. |
S EL/K-12 |
Wilson |
|
Monitoring |
