Appropriations (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/21 @ 1:30pm
• SHB 1110 - Public Hearing - Increasing middle housing in areas traditionally dedicated to single-family detached housing. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/High)
• HB 1167 - Exec Session - Concerning residential housing regulations. (Support/High)
• HB 1176 - Exec Session - Developing opportunities for service and workforce programs to support climate-ready communities. (Support/Medium)
• SHB 1216 - Public Hearing - Concerning clean energy siting. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/High)
• SHB 1391 - Public Hearing - Concerning energy in buildings. (Remote Testimony Available). (Concerns/High)
• HB 1433 - Exec Session - Concerning energy labeling of residential buildings. (Oppose/High)
Transportation (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 2/21 @ 1:30pm
Finance (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/22 @ 8:00am
• HB 1670 - Exec Session - Raising the limit factor for property taxes. (High)
• HB 1729 - Public Hearing - Creating and expanding tax incentives for the research, development, production, and sale of hydrogen fuel products in Washington state. (Remote Testimony Available). (High)
• HB 1756 - Exec Session - Supporting clean energy through tax changes that increase revenue to local governments, schools, and impacted communities. (High)
• HB 1761 - Exec Session - Increasing the personal property tax exemption. (Support/Medium)
• HJR 4206 - Exec Session - Concerning the taxation of personal property. (Support/High)
Capital Budget (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 2/22 @ 9:00am
• SHB 1390 - Exec Session - Concerning district energy systems. (Oppose/High)
• SHB 1633 - Public Hearing - Creating a homes for heroes program. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/High)
• SHB 1746 - Public Hearing - Concerning a state broadband map. (Remote Testimony Available). (Medium)
• SHB 1746 - Exec Session - Concerning a state broadband map. (Medium)
Appropriations (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/22 @ 1:30pm
• SHB 1389 - Public Hearing - Concerning residential rent increases under the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act. (Remote Testimony Available). (Oppose/Medium)
• SHB 1474 - Public Hearing - Creating the covenant homeownership account and program to address the history of housing discrimination due to racially restrictive real estate covenants in Washington state. (Remote Testimony Available). (High)
• SHB 1492 - Public Hearing - Providing relief for persons affected by State v. Blake. (Remote Testimony Available). (Concerns/High)
• SHB 1586 - Public Hearing - Requiring the criminal justice training commission to establish a work group and grant program related to vehicular pursuits. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/High)
Ways & Means (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 2/22 @ 1:30pm
• SSB 5315 - Exec Session - Concerning nonpublic agencies operating special education programs for students with disabilities. (Oppose/High)
• SSB 5651 - Public Hearing - Concerning equity and environmental justice in the growth management act. (Remote Testimony Available). (Oppose/High)
Appropriations (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/23 @ 9:00am
• SHB 1110 - Exec Session - Increasing middle housing in areas traditionally dedicated to single-family detached housing. (Support/High)
• HB 1131 - Exec Session - Improving Washington's solid waste management outcomes. (Concerns/High)
• SHB 1216 - Exec Session - Concerning clean energy siting. (Support/High)
• SHB 1316 - Exec Session - Expanding access to dual credit programs. (Support/Medium)
• SHB 1320 - Public Hearing - Concerning access to personnel records. (Remote Testimony Available). (Oppose/High)
• SHB 1391 - Exec Session - Concerning energy in buildings. (Concerns/High)
• SHB 1491 - Public Hearing - Prohibiting unjustified employer searches of employee personal vehicles. (Remote Testimony Available). (Medium)
• HB 1508 - Public Hearing - Improving consumer affordability through the health care cost transparency board. (Remote Testimony Available). (Concerns/Medium)
• SHB 1534 - Public Hearing - Strengthening protections for consumers in the construction industry. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/Medium)
• SHB 1559 - Public Hearing - Establishing the student basic needs at public postsecondary institutions act. (Remote Testimony Available). (Support/Medium)
Ways & Means (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 2/23 @ 9:00am
• SB 5465 - Exec Session - Increasing tourism to Washington state through enhancement of the statewide tourism marketing account and changing necessary match requirements. (Support/High)
• SB 5566 - Exec Session - Establishing the student basic needs at public postsecondary institutions act. (Support/Medium)
• SB 5655 - Exec Session - Creating the Washington achievers grant program. (Medium)
• SSB 5736 - Exec Session - Addressing high demand workforce shortages. (High)
Appropriations (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/24 @ 9:00am
• SHB 1320 - Exec Session - Concerning access to personnel records. (Oppose/High)
• SHB 1389 - Exec Session - Concerning residential rent increases under the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act. (Oppose/Medium)
• SHB 1474 - Exec Session - Creating the covenant homeownership account and program to address the history of housing discrimination due to racially restrictive real estate covenants in Washington state. (High)
• SHB 1491 - Exec Session - Prohibiting unjustified employer searches of employee personal vehicles. (Medium)
• SHB 1492 - Exec Session - Providing relief for persons affected by State v. Blake. (Concerns/High)
• HB 1508 - Exec Session - Improving consumer affordability through the health care cost transparency board. (Concerns/Medium)
• SHB 1534 - Exec Session - Strengthening protections for consumers in the construction industry. (Support/Medium)
• SHB 1559 - Exec Session - Establishing the student basic needs at public postsecondary institutions act. (Support/Medium)
• SHB 1586 - Exec Session - Requiring the criminal justice training commission to establish a work group and grant program related to vehicular pursuits. (Support/High)
Ways & Means (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 2/24 @ 9:00am
• SSB 5165 - Exec Session - Concerning electric power system transmission planning. (Concerns/High)
• SSB 5236 - Exec Session - Concerning hospital staffing standards. (Oppose/High)
• SSB 5290 - Exec Session - Concerning consolidating local permit review processes. (Support/High)
• SSB 5447 - Exec Session - Promoting the alternative jet fuel industry in Washington. (Support/High)
• SSB 5502 - Exec Session - Ensuring access to substance use disorder treatment. (Support/High)
• SSB 5651 - Exec Session - Concerning equity and environmental justice in the growth management act. (Oppose/High)
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 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 |
Oppose |
High |
|
HB 1527 (SB 5539) |
Tax increment financing |
Making technical corrections to the local tax increment financing program. |
H Rules R |
Wylie |
Support |
Medium |
|
HB 1644 (SB 5482) |
Margin tax |
Concerning the margin tax. |
H Finance |
Walen |
Oppose |
High |
|
Property tax limit factor |
Raising the limit factor for property taxes. |
H Finance |
Ormsby |
|
High |
|
|
Estate tax |
Making the estate tax more progressive. |
H Finance |
Street |
Oppose |
High |
|
|
State & local taxation |
Concerning transparency in state and local taxation. |
S Rules 2 |
Wilson |
Support |
Medium |
|
|
Main street trust fund |
Concerning population criteria for the main street trust fund tax credit. |
H Local Govt |
Cleveland |
|
Medium |
|
|
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 |
Medium |
|
|
Advanced aerospace training |
Authorizing a business and occupation tax credit to incentivize private sector investment in advanced aerospace manufacturing training and education. |
S Ways & Means |
Boehnke |
Support |
High |
BUSINESS
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
Priority |
|
SHB 1068 (SB 5212) |
Injured worker medical exams |
Concerning injured workers' rights during compelled medical examinations. |
S Labor & Comm |
Bronoske |
Oppose |
High |
|
SHB 1095 (SSB 5109) |
Wage replacement |
Creating a wage replacement program for certain Washington workers excluded from unemployment insurance. |
H Approps |
Walen |
Oppose |
High |
|
Unemployment/voluntary |
Concerning qualifications for unemployment insurance when an individual voluntarily leaves work. |
H 2nd Reading |
Fosse |
Oppose |
High |
|
|
Employee expenditures |
Requiring employers to reimburse employees for necessary expenditures and losses. |
H 2nd Reading |
Reeves |
Neutral |
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 Exec Action |
Bronoske |
Concerns |
Medium |
|
Wage complaints |
Concerning wage complaints. |
H Rules R |
Ortiz-Self |
Oppose |
Medium |
|
|
License review and reporting |
Creating license review and reporting requirements. |
H 2nd ReadSCal |
McClintock |
|
Medium |
|
|
SHB 1320 (SSB 5061) |
Personnel records |
Concerning access to personnel records. |
H Approps |
Reed |
Oppose |
High |
|
Employee personal vehicles |
Prohibiting unjustified employer searches of employee personal vehicles. |
H Approps |
Orcutt |
|
Medium |
|
|
SHB 1521 (SSB 5524) |
Industrial insurance/duties |
Concerning the duties of industrial insurance self-insured employers and third-party administrators. |
H Rules R |
Bronoske |
Oppose |
High |
|
HB 1656 (SB 5240) |
Unemployment ins. appeals |
Concerning unemployment insurance benefits appeal procedures. |
H Rules R |
Schmidt |
Support |
Medium |
|
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 |
|
Medium |
|
|
Federal funding opps. |
Concerning the role of the department of commerce in monitoring and providing technical assistance related to federal funding opportunities. |
H Approps |
Barnard |
Support |
Medium |
|
|
Personal property taxation |
Concerning the taxation of personal property. |
H Finance |
Leavitt |
Support |
High |
|
|
SSB 5061 (SHB 1320) |
Personnel records |
Concerning access to personnel records. |
S Ways & Means |
Kuderer |
Concerns |
Medium |
|
Labor practices/penalties |
Adding penalties for certain prohibited practices in chapter 49.44 RCW. |
H Labor & Workpla |
Keiser |
Oppose |
High |
|
|
Cannabis/employment |
Concerning the employment of individuals who lawfully consume cannabis. |
S 2nd Reading |
Keiser |
Concerns |
Medium |
|
|
SSB 5171 (HB 1152) |
Consumer products/gender |
Addressing consumer gender discrimination. |
S Ways & Means |
Dhingra |
Concerns |
Medium |
|
Musculoskeletal injuries/L&I |
Concerning the state's ability to regulate certain industries and risk classes to prevent musculoskeletal injuries and disorders. |
S 2nd Reading |
Dhingra |
Oppose |
High |
|
|
SB 5240 (HB 1656) |
Unemployment ins. appeals |
Concerning unemployment insurance benefits appeal procedures. |
S 2nd Reading |
Braun |
Support |
Medium |
|
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 |
Concerns |
Medium |
|
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 2nd Reading |
Keiser |
Oppose |
High |
|
|
SSB 5524 (SHB 1521) |
Industrial insurance/duties |
Concerning the duties of industrial insurance self-insured employers and third-party administrators. |
S Rules 2 |
Van De Wege |
Oppose |
High |
|
Supply chain transparency |
Providing transparency in supply chains. |
S Ways & Means |
Dhingra |
Oppose |
High |
|
|
Paid leave data |
Concerning employees' paid family or medical leave data. |
S Rules 2 |
King |
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 Approps |
Stokesbary |
|
Medium |
|
|
Apprenticeship utilization |
Expanding apprenticeship utilization requirements. |
H Exec Action |
Riccelli |
Oppose |
High |
|
|
High-hazard facility wages |
Concerning wages for journeypersons in high-hazard facilities. |
H 2nd Reading |
Bronoske |
Oppose |
High |
|
|
SHB 1176 (SB 5247) |
Climate-ready communities |
Developing opportunities for service and workforce programs to support climate-ready communities. |
H Approps |
Slatter |
Support |
Medium |
|
HB 1211 (SSB 5311) |
Special education funding |
Concerning special education funding formula. |
H Approps |
Bergquist |
Support |
High |
|
HB 1244 (SB 5692) |
Enrichment levy authority |
Increasing the maximum per pupil limit for enrichment levy authority. |
H Rules R |
Ramel |
Neutral |
Medium |
|
Graduation pathway options |
Concerning high school graduation pathway options. |
H Rules R |
Stonier |
|
High |
|
|
Dual credit program access |
Expanding access to dual credit programs. |
H Approps |
Paul |
Support |
Medium |
|
|
Special education funding |
Funding special education. |
H Exec Action |
Pollet |
Support |
High |
|
|
SHB 1559 (SB 5566) |
Postsecondary student needs |
Establishing the student basic needs at public postsecondary institutions act. |
H Approps |
Entenman |
Support |
Medium |
|
HB 1605 (SSB 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 |
|
Work experience/H.S. credit |
Authorizing public high school students to earn elective credit for paid work experience. |
H Rules R |
Shavers |
Support |
Medium |
|
|
HB 1710 (SSB 5248) |
Tutoring & extended learning |
Using COVID-19 relief funding on high quality tutoring and rigorous extended learning programs. |
H Approps |
Rude |
Support |
Medium |
|
Postsecondary credentials |
Creating a postsecondary credential transparency work group. |
H Approps |
Slatter |
Support |
High |
|
|
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 |
Support |
Medium |
|
Special education/nonpublic |
Concerning nonpublic agencies operating special education programs for students with disabilities. |
S Ways & Means |
Wilson |
Oppose |
High |
|
|
SB 5566 (SHB 1559) |
Postsecondary student needs |
Establishing the student basic needs at public postsecondary institutions act. |
S Ways & Means |
Shewmake |
Support |
Medium |
|
WA achievers grant program |
Creating the Washington achievers grant program. |
S Ways & Means |
Torres |
|
Medium |
|
|
Workforce shortages |
Addressing high demand workforce shortages. |
S Ways & Means |
Nobles |
|
High |
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 |
|
2SHB 1170 (SSB 5093) |
Climate response strategy |
Improving climate resilience through updates to the state's integrated climate response strategy. |
H Rules R |
Street |
Neutral |
Medium |
|
2SHB 1181 (SSB 5203) |
Climate change/planning |
Improving the state's response to climate change by updating the state's planning framework. |
H Rules R |
Duerr |
Oppose |
High |
|
SHB 1192 (SSB 5165) |
Electric transm. planning |
Concerning electric power system transmission planning. |
H Rules R |
Duerr |
Support |
High |
|
SHB 1216 (SSB 5380) |
Clean energy siting |
Concerning clean energy siting. |
H Approps |
Fitzgibbon |
Support |
High |
|
District energy systems |
Concerning district energy systems. |
H Cap Budget |
Ramel |
Oppose |
High |
|
|
Energy in buildings |
Concerning energy in buildings. |
H Approps |
Ramel |
Concerns |
High |
|
|
Consumer-owned utilities |
Applying the affected market customer provisions of the Washington clean energy transformation act to nonresidential customers of consumer-owned utilities. |
S Environment, En |
Doglio |
|
Medium |
|
|
Energy labeling/residential |
Concerning energy labeling of residential buildings. |
H Approps |
Duerr |
Oppose |
High |
|
|
SHB 1589 (SSB 5562) |
Clean energy |
Supporting Washington's clean energy economy and transitioning to a clean, affordable, and reliable energy future. |
H Rules R |
Doglio |
Concerns |
High |
|
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 |
|
High |
|
|
Energy/tax |
Supporting clean energy through tax changes that increase revenue to local governments, schools, and impacted communities. |
H Finance |
Ramel |
|
High |
|
|
SSB 5154 (SHB 1131) |
Solid waste management |
Improving Washington's solid waste management outcomes. |
S Ways & Means |
Rolfes |
Concerns |
Medium |
|
SSB 5165 (SHB 1192) |
Electric transm. planning |
Concerning electric power system transmission planning. |
S Ways & Means |
Nguyen |
Concerns |
High |
HEALTH CARE
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
Priority |
|
HB 1508 (SB 5519) |
Health care cost board |
Improving consumer affordability through the health care cost transparency board. |
H Approps |
Macri |
Concerns |
Medium |
|
Out-of-state health prov. |
Increasing the health care workforce by authorizing out-of-state providers to practice immediately. |
H Rules R |
Caldier |
Support |
Medium |
|
|
Hospital staffing standards |
Concerning hospital staffing standards. |
S Ways & Means |
Robinson |
Oppose |
High |
HOUSING/HOMELESSNESS
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
Priority |
|
Local gov. design review |
Concerning local government design review. |
H 2nd Reading |
Walen |
Support |
High |
|
|
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 Rules R |
Ramel |
|
High |
|
|
Occupancy limits |
Addressing the authority of owners' associations in common interest communities to regulate or limit occupancy by unrelated persons. |
S Law & Justice |
Walen |
Support |
High |
|
|
Landlord damage claims |
Addressing documentation and processes governing landlords' claims for damage to residential premises. |
H Rules R |
Thai |
Concerns |
High |
|
|
Community org. contracts |
Increasing local governments' ability to contract with community service organizations. |
S Loc Gov, Land U |
Shavers |
|
Medium |
|
|
SHB 1110 (SSB 5190) |
Middle housing |
Increasing middle housing in areas traditionally dedicated to single-family detached housing. |
H Approps |
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 |
Oppose |
Medium |
|
Residential housing |
Concerning residential housing regulations. |
H Approps |
Duerr |
Support |
High |
|
|
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 Rules R |
Bateman |
Support |
Medium |
|
|
SHB 1282 (SSB 5322) |
Public building materials |
Requiring environmental and labor reporting for public building construction and renovation material. |
H Rules R |
Duerr |
Oppose |
Medium |
|
HB 1296 (SSB 5290) |
Local permit review |
Concerning consolidating local permit review processes. |
H Approps |
Peterson |
Support |
High |
|
Accessory dwelling units |
Expanding housing options by easing barriers to the construction and use of accessory dwelling units. |
H 2nd Reading |
Gregerson |
Support |
High |
|
|
SHB 1351 (SB 5456) |
Minimum parking requirements |
Prohibiting the imposition of minimum parking requirements except under certain circumstances. |
H Rules R |
Reed |
Neutral |
Medium |
|
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 Approps |
Macri |
Oppose |
High |
|
|
SHB 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 Approps |
Ramel |
Oppose |
Medium |
|
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 |
Support |
High |
|
|
Project permits/reports |
Amending reporting requirements for the project permit application processing timeline. |
H Rules R |
Alvarado |
Support |
High |
|
|
Impact fee deferrals |
Concerning impact fee deferrals. |
H Rules R |
Goehner |
Support |
High |
|
|
SHB 1474 (SSB 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 Approps |
Taylor |
|
High |
|
Local project review |
Concerning local project review. |
H Rules R |
Barkis |
Support |
High |
|
|
Construction consumers |
Strengthening protections for consumers in the construction industry. |
H Approps |
Orwall |
Support |
Medium |
|
|
HB 1544 (SB 5159) |
Shoreline program review |
Concerning shoreline master program review schedules. |
S Loc Gov, Land U |
Alvarado |
|
Medium |
|
Affordable housing incentive |
Providing local governments with options to increase affordable housing in their communities. |
H Finance |
Kloba |
|
High |
|
|
Local government permitting |
Concerning local government permitting. |
H Finance |
Reed |
|
High |
|
|
Real estate excise tax |
Increasing the supply of affordable housing by modifying the state and local real estate excise tax. |
H Finance |
Chopp |
|
High |
|
|
Homes for heroes program |
Creating a homes for heroes program. |
H Cap Budget |
Connors |
Support |
High |
|
|
GMA/net ecological gain |
Adding net ecological gain as a voluntary element of comprehensive plans under the growth management act. |
H Approps |
Lekanoff |
Oppose |
High |
|
|
HB 1817 (SB 5741) |
Housing gap voucher pilot |
Establishing a housing gap voucher pilot program. |
H Housing |
Rule |
Support |
High |
|
American dream homes |
Promoting housing affordability by incentivizing the construction of American dream homes. |
S Ways & Means |
Fortunato |
|
Medium |
|
|
ADU rental/property tax |
Incentivizing rental of accessory dwelling units to low-income households. |
S Rules 2 |
Kuderer |
|
Medium |
|
|
Multiunit res. buildings |
Exempting buildings with 12 or fewer units that are no more than two stories from the definition of multiunit residential building. |
H Housing |
Padden |
Support |
High |
|
|
Sick leave/construction |
Concerning payments for accrued and unused sick leave for certain construction workers. |
S Rules 2 |
Keiser |
Oppose |
Medium |
|
|
SB 5159 (HB 1544) |
Shoreline program review |
Concerning shoreline master program review schedules. |
S Rules 2 |
Torres |
Support |
Medium |
|
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 |
|
SSB 5235 (HB 1276) |
Accessory dwelling units |
Concerning accessory dwelling units. |
S 2nd Reading |
Shewmake |
Support |
Medium |
|
SSB 5290 (HB 1296) |
Local permit review |
Concerning consolidating local permit review processes. |
S Ways & Means |
Mullet |
Support |
High |
|
SSB 5364 (SHB 1245) |
Lot splitting |
Increasing housing options through lot splitting. |
S Rules 2 |
Frame |
Support |
Medium |
|
SB 5452 (HB 1135) |
Impact fee use |
Authorizing impact fee revenue to fund improvements to bicycle and pedestrian facilities. |
S Rules 2 |
Shewmake |
Concerns |
Medium |
|
Small cities/GMA |
Implementing growth management task force legislative recommendations regarding small cities. |
S Rules 2 |
Short |
Support |
Medium |
|
|
SB 5466 (HB 1517) |
Transit-oriented development |
Promoting transit-oriented development. |
S Transportation |
Liias |
Support |
High |
|
Residential building exits |
Allowing for residential buildings of a certain height to be served by a single exit under certain conditions. |
S Rules 2 |
Salomon |
Oppose |
High |
|
|
SSB 5528 (HB 1524) |
Construction retainage |
Concerning the retainage percentage withheld by prime contractors. |
S Rules 2 |
Stanford |
Concerns |
Medium |
|
SSB 5651 (HB 1723) |
GMA/equity and env. justice |
Concerning equity and environmental justice in the growth management act. |
S Ways & Means |
Lovelett |
Oppose |
High |
|
SB 5741 (HB 1817) |
Housing gap voucher pilot |
Establishing a housing gap voucher pilot program. |
S Housing |
Braun |
|
High |
OTHER CHAMBER BILLS
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
Priority |
|
SHB 1258 (SB 5465) |
Tourism marketing |
Increasing tourism to Washington state through enhancement of the statewide tourism marketing account and changing necessary match requirements. |
H Rules R |
Ryu |
Support |
High |
|
SHB 1746 (SB 5718) |
State broadband map |
Concerning a state broadband map. |
H Cap Budget |
Ryu |
|
Medium |
|
SB 5465 (SHB 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 |
PUBLIC SAFETY
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
Priority |
|
SHB 1363 (SB 5352) |
Vehicular pursuits |
Concerning vehicular pursuits. |
H Transportation |
Rule |
Support |
High |
|
Law enf. officer funding |
Providing funding for the recruitment, retention, and support of law enforcement officers. |
H Approps |
Stokesbary |
Support |
High |
|
|
State v. Blake relief |
Providing relief for persons affected by State v. Blake. |
H Approps |
Simmons |
Concerns |
High |
|
|
Law enf. employ. eligibility |
Expanding eligibility for employment of certain law enforcement and prosecutor office positions. |
H Rules R |
Cortes |
Support |
Medium |
|
|
Vehicular pursuits work grp. |
Requiring the criminal justice training commission to establish a work group and grant program related to vehicular pursuits. |
H Approps |
Goodman |
Support |
High |
|
|
Organized retail theft |
Concerning organized retail theft. |
S 2nd Reading |
Torres |
Support |
High |
|
|
Sub. use disorder treatment |
Ensuring access to substance use disorder treatment. |
S Ways & Means |
Gildon |
Support |
High |
|
|
EV supply equipment |
Preventing the destruction of electric vehicle charging equipment. |
S Rules 2 |
Wilson |
|
Medium |
TRANSPORTATION
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
Priority |
|
Freight mobility priority |
Concerning freight mobility prioritization. |
H Rules R |
Fey |
Concerns |
Medium |
|
|
HB 1125 (SB 5162) |
Transportation budget |
Making transportation appropriations for the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium. |
H Transportation |
Fey |
Concerns |
High |
|
HB 1126 (SB 5164) |
Transportation budget, supp. |
Making supplemental transportation appropriations for the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium. |
H Transportation |
Fey |
Concerns |
High |
|
Clean fuel/public transport. |
Enhancing access to clean fuel for agencies providing public transportation. |
S Environment, En |
Hackney |
|
Medium |
|
|
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 |
Uncategorized Bills
|
Bill # |
Abbrev. Title |
Short Description |
Status |
Sponsor |
Position |
Priority |
|
Residential rent and fees |
Protecting tenants from excessive rent and related fees by providing at least six months' notice for rent increases over a certain amount, allowing tenants the right to terminate a tenancy without penalty, and limiting late fees. |
H Rules R |
Peterson |
Concerns |
High |
|
|
HB 1556 (SB 5495) |
Property tax rebates |
Concerning property tax rebates for homeowners and renters. |
H Finance |
Berg |
Oppose |
High |
|
Property tax exemption |
Increasing the personal property tax exemption. |
H Finance |
Christian |
Support |
Medium |
|
|
SSB 5447 (HB 1505) |
Alternative jet fuel |
Promoting the alternative jet fuel industry in Washington. |
S Ways & Means |
Billig |
Support |
High |
|
SB 5495 (HB 1556) |
Property tax rebates |
Concerning property tax rebates for homeowners and renters. |
S Ways & Means |
Kuderer |
Oppose |
High |
