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WA Lege Day 18: Physical therapy, lakes and an array of hearings

OLYMPIA -- There's not much action expected on the floor of the House, and the Senate has no floor action at all, so almost everything interesting will happen elsewhere today.

The governor has a 10:30 a.m. press conference to talk about federal transportation projects. U.S. Sen. Patty Murray announced this morning the state is getting $590 million in federal money for high speed rail upgrades in what's know as the Pacific Northwest Cascades corridor, (aka Vancouver, B.C., to Seattle to Portland).

It is Lakes Day, when the state's Lakes Protection Association comes to town to lobby legislators, and Physical Therapy Day, when Physical Therapists do the same. The latter have a big tent set up near the fountain east of the capitol and plan a noon demonstration on the North steps.

Committee hearings cover a wide range of topics, including money for public schools, higher fees for field burning, restrictions on outings for dangerous patients at mental institutions and changes to initiative rules.

For a complete list of the hearings, Click here to go inside the blog.

 

Legislative Meeting Schedule

Thursday, January 28, 2010
Time Committee Location
8:00 AM Agriculture & Natural Resources (H) House Hearing Rm B

Early Learning & Children's Services (H) House Hearing Rm E

Finance (H) House Hearing Rm C

Health Care & Wellness (H) House Hearing Rm A

State Government & Tribal Affairs (H) House Hearing Rm D
9:55 AM PRO FORMA HOUSE SESSION
10:00 AM Early Learning & K-12 Education (S) Senate Hearing Rm 1

Economic Development, Trade & Innovation (S) Senate Hearing Rm 3

Health & Long-Term Care (S) Senate Hearing Rm 4

Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation (S) Senate Hearing Rm 2

Community & Economic Development & Trade (H) House Hearing Rm C

Human Services (H) House Hearing Rm D

Judiciary (H) House Hearing Rm A

Local Government & Housing (H) House Hearing Rm E

Technology, Energy & Communications (H) House Hearing Rm B
12:00 PM PRO FORMA SENATE SESSION
1:30 PM Transportation (S) Senate Hearing Rm 1

Ways & Means (S) Senate Hearing Rm 4

Education Appropriations (H) House Hearing Rm A

Financial Institutions & Insurance (H) House Hearing Rm D

General Government Appropriations (H) House Hearing Rm C

Health & Human Services Appropriations (H) House Hearing Rm B
3:30 PM Agriculture & Rural Economic Development (S) Senate Hearing Rm 3

Government Operations & Elections (S) Senate Hearing Rm 2

Human Services & Corrections (S) Senate Hearing Rm 1

Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection (S) Senate Hearing Rm 4

Transportation (H) House Hearing Rm B

Ways & Means (H) House Hearing Rm A
5:30 PM Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection (S) Senate Hearing Rm 4

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House Committees

Agriculture & Natural Resources*
1/28/10 8:00 am
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 1/26/2010 3:41 PM

Public Hearing:
  1. HB 2966 - Establishing a state meat inspection program.
  2. HB 2866 - Concerning natural resource infractions.

Possible Executive Session:
  1. HB 2556 - Regarding financial security requirements under chapter 22.09 RCW.
  2. HB 2541 - Maintaining a base of forest lands that may be used for commercial forestry.
  3. HB 2598 - Concerning the disposal of dredged riverbed materials from the Mount St. Helen's eruption.
  4. HB 2881 - Concerning the sale of surplus salmon from state hatcheries.
  5. HB 2934 - Prohibiting the department of fish and wildlife from paying more than the appraised value for any real estate purchase.
  6. HB 3052 - Allocating an equal amount of time to gill net gear and purse seine gear to harvest salmon in Puget Sound.
  7. HB 2485 - Regarding the purchase of land by the department of fish and wildlife.
  8. HB 2569 - Regarding access to information for outdoor recreation and wildlife viewing opportunities.
  9. HB 2593 - Concerning the department of fish and wildlife's ability to manage shellfish resources.
  10. HB 2491 - Requiring certain state agencies that manage natural resources to coordinate their land management with local governments.
  11. HB 2501 - Regarding payments in lieu of taxes for lands managed by the department of fish and wildlife.
  12. HB 2509 - Authorizing the department of natural resources to use certain funds to ensure that firefighting equipment does not spread noxious weeds.

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Community & Economic Development & Trade*
1/28/10 10:00 am
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 1/27/2010 1:36 PM

Public Hearing:
  1. HB 2983 - Creating the Washington global health technologies and product development competitiveness program and allowing certain tax credits for program contributions.
  2. HB 1666 - Authorizing the creation of cultural access authorities.

Executive Session:
  1. HB 2577 - Creating community facilities districts.
  2. HB 2632 - Expanding the number of households living in the middle-income bracket.
  3. Other bills previously heard in committee.

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Early Learning & Children's Services*
1/28/10 8:00 am
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 1/22/2010 3:53 PM

Public Hearing:
  1. HB 2741 - Transferring the administration of the infant and toddler early intervention program from the department of social and health services to the department of early learning.
  2. HB 2959 - Concerning child fatality reviews in child welfare cases.
  3. HB 3042 - Regarding the renewal and regulation of licenses issued by the department of early learning.
  4. HB 3121 - Concerning child welfare services.
  5. HB 3124 - Requiring a report to child protective services when a child is present in the vehicle of a person arrested for driving or being in control of a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

Possible Executive Session: Bills previously heard in committee.

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Education Appropriations*
1/28/10 1:30 pm
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 1/26/2010 11:43 AM

Public Hearing: HB 2776 - Regarding funding distribution formulas for K-12 education.

Possible Executive Session:
  1. HB 2759 - Adjusting local school finance related to nonresident students enrolled in online learning.
  2. HB 2893 - Changing school levy provisions.
  3. HB 2776 - Regarding funding distribution formulas for K-12 education.
  4. HB 2840 - Examining levy-funded employee-related costs.
  5. HB 2746 - Concerning a comprehensive K-12 education policy.

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Finance*
1/28/10 8:00 am
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 1/25/2010 3:00 PM

Public Hearing:
  1. HB 2912 - Modifying local excise taxes in counties that have pledged lodging tax revenues for the payment of bonds prior to June 26, 1975.
  2. HB 2970 - Addressing tax avoidance.
  3. HB 2971 - Limiting tax preferences that have been the subject of administrative or judicial appeals.
  4. HB 2972 - Increasing revenues by eliminating and narrowing preferential tax treatment.

Possible Executive Session:
  1. HB 1950 - Requiring assessors to give notice of the true and fair value of real property regardless of whether there was a change in value.
  2. HB 2620 - Concerning excise taxation of certain products and services provided or furnished electronically.
  3. HB 2758 - Documenting wholesale sales for excise tax purposes.
  4. SHB 1597 - Concerning the administration of state and local tax programs.

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Financial Institutions & Insurance*
1/28/10 1:30 pm
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 1/27/2010 1:27 PM

Public Hearing:
  1. HB 3010 - Conducting performance audits of state investment board investment services contracts.
  2. HJM 4029 - Requesting certain federal entities to actively support certain community bank policies and legislation. (If measure is referred to committee.)

Possible Executive Session:
  1. HB 2513 - Using credit history, education, and income for insurance purposes.
  2. HB 2560 - Regulating joint underwriting associations.
  3. HB 3060 - Modifying surplus line coverage provisions.
  4. HJM 4029 - Requesting certain federal entities to actively support certain community bank policies and legislation. (If measure is referred to committee.)

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General Government Appropriations*
1/28/10 1:30 pm
Watch on TVWHouse Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 1/26/2010 12:25 PM

Public Hearing:
  1. HB 2486 - Concerning costs for the collection of DNA samples.
  2. HB 2935 - Regarding environmental and land use hearings boards and making more uniform the timelines for filing appeals with those boards.
  3. HB 2957 - Transferring the indeterminate sentence review board to the department of corrections.
  4. HB 2969 - Promoting efficiencies in the services provided by the office of the public printer.
  5. HB 2980 - Changing the fees for certain types of agricultural burning.
  6. HB 2991 - Merging the functions of the public printer into the department of general administration.

Possible Executive Session: Bills previously heard in committee.

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Health & Human Services Appropriations
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Health Care & Wellness
1/28/10 8:00 am
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
  1. HB 2841 - Concerning the standard health questionnaire.
  2. HB 2875 - Concerning health savings accounts.
  3. HB 2997 - Concerning the size of a small employer's group for purposes of health benefit plans.
  4. HB 3015 - Establishing the interstate health insurance compact act.

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Human Services*
1/28/10 10:00 am
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 1/27/2010 3:37 PM

Public Hearing: HB 2999 - Concerning traumatic brain injury.

Executive Session:
  1. HB 2624 - Suspending the interstate compact for adult offender supervision.
  2. HB 2747 - Limiting the use of restraints on pregnant women or youth.
  3. HB 2533 - Adopting the interstate compact on mental health.
  4. HB 2865 - Concerning offenders with developmental disabilities or traumatic brain injuries.
  5. HB 2717 - Restricting outings from state facilities.
  6. HB 2882 - Detaining persons with mental disorders.
  7. HB 2932 - Concerning the assessment and treatment of certain persons with mental illnesses.
  8. HB 3076 - Concerning the involuntary treatment act.
  9. HB 2945 - Concerning petitions for relief from the duty to register for sex offenders and kidnapping offenders.
  10. HB 3045 - Creating alternatives to total confinement for nonviolent offenders with minor children.
  11. HB 2782 - Reorganizing delivery of services to recipients of public assistance.
  12. HB 2999 - Concerning traumatic brain injury.
  13. Other bills previously heard in committee.

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Judiciary*
1/28/10 10:00 am
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 1/27/2010 10:45 AM

Possible Executive Session:
  1. HB 2565 - Mandating a twelve-hour impound hold on motor vehicles used by persons arrested for driving under the influence.
  2. HB 2735 - Encouraging the need for representation of children in dependency matters.
  3. HB 2742 - Addressing accountability for persons driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs.

Public Hearing:
  1. HB 2861 - Adding state certified court reporters to the list of persons authorized to administer oaths and affirmations.
  2. HB 2681 - Allowing compensation for part-time judges' judicial services.
  3. HB 1913 - Changing provisions relating to process servers.
  4. HB 3016 - Updating provisions concerning the modification, review, and adjustment of child support orders to improve access to justice and to ensure compliance with federal requirements.
  5. HB 3028 - Addressing disclosure of adoption information.
  6. HB 3046 - Addressing the dissolution of the assets and affairs of a nonprofit corporation.

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Local Government & Housing*
1/28/10 10:00 am
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 1/26/2010 3:06 PM

Public Hearing:
  1. HB 2909 - Allowing certain cities to impose sales and use taxes to offset municipal service costs to newly annexed areas.
  2. HB 2916 - Adjusting timelines for the review of comprehensive plans and shoreline master programs.
  3. HB 2992 - Extending the deadlines for the review and evaluation of comprehensive land use plan and development regulations for three years.
  4. HB 2925 - Concerning impact payments of a municipally owned hydroelectric facility.
  5. HB 2948 - Evaluating regional and interlocal water and sewer systems.
  6. HB 2949 - Streamlining the process for the vacation of roads by counties.
  7. HB 2990 - Addressing alternative city assumption and tax authority provisions pertaining to water-sewer districts.
  8. HB 3030 - Regarding the administration of irrigation districts.
  9. HB 2082 - Creating the state capitol campus special height district.
  10. HB 3067 - Establishing a process for the payment of impact fees through provisions stipulated in recorded covenants.

Possible Executive Session:
  1. HB 2843 - Regarding cities and towns annexed to fire protection districts.
  2. HB 2903 - Concerning benefit charges for regional fire protection service authorities.
  3. HB 2886 - Concerning the adoption of rules by the building code council regarding carbon monoxide alarm installation.
  4. HB 2856 - Requiring the annual revision of performance measures of certain homeless housing programs.
  5. HB 2900 - Addressing supportive housing.
  6. HB 2905 - Planning for the discontinuation of discharge of vulnerable populations from state institutions into homelessness.
  7. HB 2906 - Authorizing bonds for the housing trust fund program.
  8. HB 2922 - Providing housing assistance for certain veterans through the housing trust fund.
  9. Bills previously heard in committee.

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State Government & Tribal Affairs*
1/28/10 8:00 am
Watch on TVWHouse Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 1/25/2010 1:21 PM

Public Hearing:
  1. HB 2397 - Imposing a distance requirement for gathering signatures on an initiative measure or referendum.
  2. HB 2570 - Protecting the integrity of the initiative and referendum process.
  3. HB 2579 - Addressing the revocation of signatures on ballot measures.
  4. HB 2613 - Concerning signature gathering for initiatives, referenda, and recall petitions.
  5. HB 2614 - Concerning signature gathering.
  6. HB 2615 - Modifying the filing fee provision for initiatives and referenda.

Possible Executive Session:
  1. Bills previously heard in committee.
  2. HB 1317 - Regarding the disclosure of public records containing information used to locate or identify employees of criminal justice agencies.
  3. HB 2447 - Prohibiting the public disclosure of public employee photographs.
  4. HB 2579 - Addressing the revocation of signatures on ballot measures.
  5. HB 2615 - Modifying the filing fee provision for initiatives and referenda.

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Technology, Energy & Communications*
1/28/10 10:00 am
Watch on TVWHouse Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 1/27/2010 2:06 PM

Public Hearing:
  1. HB 2601 - Studying telecommunication regulatory reform.
  2. HB 2432 - Recognizing hydroelectric generation as a renewable energy resource.
  3. HJR 4215 - Amending the state Constitution to require that hydroelectric generation be recognized as a renewable resource.

Possible Executive Session:
  1. HB 2661 - Regarding the Washington State University extension energy program's plant operations support program.
  2. HB 2504 - Concerning minimum renewable fuel content requirements.
  3. HB 2471 - Concerning net metering of electricity.
  4. HB 2600 - Concerning the provision of telecommunications services to public utility districts and rural port districts.
  5. HB 2417 - Creating a public utility tax for the sale of certain renewable energy credits.
  6. HB 1855 - Modifying the disclosure of tax information on customer billings.
  7. HB 2516 - Regarding the siting of small alternative energy facilities.
  8. HB 2527 - Regarding the energy facility site evaluation council.

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Transportation*
1/28/10 3:30 pm
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 1/22/2010 12:57 PM

Public Hearing:
  1. HB 2855 - Providing financing options for the operations and capital needs of transit agencies.
  2. HB 2911 - Creating a complete streets grant program.
  3. HB 2739 - Concerning the enforcement of certain school or playground crosswalk violations.
  4. HB 2816 - Concerning fuel taxes on exported fuel.
  5. HB 3001 - Addressing bicycle and pedestrian safety education in traffic schools.

Executive Session: Bills previously heard in committee.

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Ways & Means*
1/28/10 3:30 pm
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 1/26/2010 6:35 PM

Public Hearing:
  1. HB 1340 - Modifying collective bargaining law to authorize providing additional compensation to academic employees at community and technical colleges.
  2. HB 2626 - Modifying violation provisions for offenders.
  3. SHB 2781 - Imposing a sanction for offenders who violate sentence conditions by committing an assault against a law enforcement officer, employee of a law enforcement agency, or department of corrections employee.
  4. HB 3056 - Concerning pretrial release or detention. (If measure is referred to committee.)

Work Session: HB 1360 - Concerning funding for infrastructure that supports dense, affordable development in transit-oriented areas.

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Senate Committees

Agriculture & Rural Economic Development
1/28/10 3:30 pm
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 3
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
  1. SB 6372 - Creating a task force to review conservation district functions and operations.
  2. SB 6634 - Establishing civil penalties for failure to comply with dairy nutrient management recordkeeping requirements.

Executive Session:
  1. SB 6543 - Modifying the powers of the Washington tree fruit research commission.
  2. SB 6634 - Establishing civil penalties for failure to comply with dairy nutrient management recordkeeping requirements.
  3. SB 6341 - Transferring emergency food assistance programs to the department of agriculture.

Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Other business.

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Early Learning & K-12 Education*
1/28/10 10:00 am
Watch on TVWSenate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 1/27/2010 12:48 PM

Public Hearing:
  1. SB 6760 - Regarding the basic education instructional allocation distribution formula.
  2. SB 6761 - Regarding the recommendations of the quality education council.
  3. SB 6629 - Convening a working group to make recommendations defining a basic education program for highly capable students.
  4. SB 6604 - Providing flexibility in the education system.
  5. SB 6620 - Recognizing successful schools and school districts by providing flexibility for schools.

Executive Session: SB 6630 - Updating references to the Washington assessment of student learning.

Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Other business.

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Economic Development, Trade & Innovation*
1/28/10 10:00 am
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 3
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 1/25/2010 3:32 PM

Public Hearing:
  1. SB 6661 - Modifying local excise taxes in counties that have pledged lodging tax revenues for the payment of bonds prior to June 26, 1975.
  2. SB 6595 - Regarding applications and requirements for community empowerment zones.
  3. SB 6578 - Creating an optional multiagency permitting team.
  4. SB 6706 - Concerning the commercialization of research at state universities.
  5. SB 6757 - Concerning the designation and support of projects of statewide significance.
  6. SB 6679 - Concerning the small business export finance assistance center.
  7. SB 6678 - Concerning the creation of entities to address the long-range impact of opportunities and changes in the aerospace industry.

Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Other business.

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Government Operations & Elections*
1/28/10 3:30 pm
Watch on TVWSenate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 1/25/2010 8:13 AM

Public Hearing:
  1. SB 6451 - Concerning the installation of residential fire sprinkler systems.
  2. SB 6401 - Concerning an alternative process for selecting an electrical contractor or a mechanical contractor, or both, for general contractor/construction manager projects.
  3. SB 6422 - Regarding environmental and land use hearings boards and making more uniform the timelines for filing appeals with those boards.
  4. SB 6461 - Providing limited immunity for firefighters providing emergency services.
  5. SB 6683 - Concerning the transmittal of renewal notices for licenses, registrations, and permits via electronic means.
  6. SB 6462 - Addressing the duties of a firefighter at the scene of a wildfire beyond the boundaries of the firefighter's district.

Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Other business.

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Health & Long-Term Care*
1/28/10 10:00 am
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 1/22/2010 2:21 PM

Public Hearing:
  1. SB 6670 - Regarding group medical insurance for nontraditional groups.
  2. SB 6584 - Applying the prohibition against unfair practices by insurers and their remedies and penalties to the state health care authority.
  3. SB 6538 - Defining small groups for insurance purposes.
  4. SB 6607 - Concerning premiums for individual health coverage.

Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Other business.

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Human Services & Corrections
1/28/10 3:30 pm
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:
  1. SB 6316 - Addressing the coordination between local law enforcement and the department of corrections.
  2. SB 6337 - Concerning inmate savings accounts.
  3. SB 6308 - Controlling computer access by residents of the special commitment center.
  4. SB 6338 - Providing transitional housing for persons at risk of experiencing homelessness.

Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Other business.

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Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection*
1/28/10 3:30 pm
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 1/27/2010 2:28 PM

Public Hearing:
  1. SB 6485 - Modifying craft distillery provisions.
  2. SB 6719 - Concerning special occasion licenses.
  3. SSB 5786 - Authorizing the creation of cultural access authorities.
  4. SB 6663 - Regulating tanning facilities.
  5. SB 6349 - Establishing a farm internship program.
  6. SB 6252 - Using credit history, education, and income for insurance purposes.
  7. SB 6648 - Protecting and assisting consumers and homeowners from unfair lending practices and during foreclosure proceedings.
  8. SB 6647 - Addressing the employment status of members of the civil air patrol while acting in an emergency service operation.

Executive Session:
  1. SB 6574 - Authorizing issuance of subpoenas for purposes of agency investigations of underground economy activity.
  2. SB 6575 - Concerning the recommendations of the joint legislative task force on the underground economy.
  3. SB 6701 - Addressing real property warranties.
  4. SB 6492 - Authorizing the department of labor and industries to issue subpoenas to enforce production of information related to electricians and electrical installations.
  5. SB 6728 - Concerning classroom training for electrical trainees.
  6. SB 6545 - Adopting the international wildland urban interface code.
  7. SB 6586 - Regarding membership on the state building code council.
  8. SB 6435 - Requiring the building code council to adopt rules for installing outlets to charge vehicles.
  9. SB 6334 - Addressing unemployment benefits when a person voluntarily terminates employment.
  10. SB 6526 - Allowing certain individuals to seek part-time employment while maintaining eligibility for unemployment insurance in order to qualify for the unemployment insurance modernization incentive provisions of the American recovery and reinvestment act of 2009.
  11. SB 6440 - Adding fire protection services to the seller disclosure form.
  12. SB 6433 - Extending the time in which certain experienced home inspectors can apply for licensure without meeting instruction and training requirements.
  13. SB 6434 - Requiring the home inspector advisory licensing board to provide for classroom instruction in both eastern and western Washington.

Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Other business.

Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection
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Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation*
1/28/10 10:00 am
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 1/27/2010 3:01 PM

Work Session: Background on the Washington Recreation and Park Association.

Public Hearing:
  1. SB 6185 - Preserving the maritime heritage of the state of Washington.
  2. SB 6010 - Concerning a state designated green source of wood fiber for state-funded construction.
  3. SB 6676 - Concerning changes in vessel designations on Dungeness crab-coastal fishery licenses.

Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Other business.

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Transportation*
1/28/10 1:30 pm
Watch on TVWSenate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 1/27/2010 3:14 PM

Public Hearing:
  1. SB 6603 - Concerning land uses adjacent to general aviation airports.
  2. SB 6570 - Accommodating certain private transportation providers at designated transit only lanes on public highways.
  3. SB 6621 - Transferring service credit and contributions into the Washington state patrol retirement system by members who served as commercial vehicle enforcement officers and who became commissioned officers in the Washington state patrol prior to July 1, 2000.
  4. SB 6654 - Removing and streamlining certain transportation and motor vehicle reports. (Hearing will be on the proposed substitute.)

Copies of the proposed substitute are available from committee staff. Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Other business.

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Ways & Means*
1/28/10 1:30 pm
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 1/27/2010 4:48 PM

Public Hearing:
  1. SB 6493 - Requiring a study of disability benefit options for plan 2 and plan 3 members of the public employees' retirement system, the teachers' retirement system, and the school employees' retirement system.
  2. SB 6516 - Modifying plan membership default provisions in the public employees' retirement system, the teachers' retirement system, and the school employees' retirement system.
  3. SB 6541 - Creating the Washington voluntary retirement accounts program.
  4. SB 5307 - Addressing plan membership default provisions in the public employees' retirement system.
  5. SHB 2998 - Suspending certain monetary awards and salary increases. (If measure is referred to committee.)

Executive Session:
  1. SJR 8225 - Resolving to define "interest" in the state Constitution.
  2. SSB 5208 - Ensuring punishment for domestic violence offenders.
  3. SB 6194 - Simplifying medicaid payment for nursing facilities.
  4. ESHB 2921 - Making 2010 supplemental operating appropriations.

Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Other business.

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