WA Lege Day 99: One week left (theoretically)
OLYMPIA -- The Legislature moves into its last regularly scheduled week with budgets to reconcile, taxes to raise or not raise and other bills to pass.
Sunday is Day 105, and if there's no budget deal by then, we're looking at a special session, either right away or after a cooling off period in which budget negotiators have a chance to come up with a deal without the rest of the Legislature hanging around. (And possibly without the public able to watch.)
With the clock ticking down, the House and Senate have both put a possible evening session on the calendar today, along with their regular daytime sessions and committee hearings.
A full list of today's committee hearings can be found inside the blog.
Legislative Meeting Schedule
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Monday, April 22, 2013 |
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Committee |
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8:00 AM |
House Hearing Rm B |
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9:00 AM |
House Hearing Rm A |
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House Hearing Rm B |
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10:00 AM |
SENATE SESSION/CAUCUS |
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12:00 PM |
Senate Hearing Rm 3 |
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1:30 PM |
HOUSE SESSION/CAUCUS |
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5:30 PM |
Senate Hearing Rm 4 |
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6:00 PM |
HOUSE POSSIBLE SESSION/CAUCUS |
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6:30 PM |
SENATE POSSIBLE SESSION/CAUCUS |
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House Committees
Appropriations
4/22/13 9:00 am
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA
Public Hearing:
1. HB 1935 - Concerning state parks and recreation.
2. HB 2029 - Eliminating economic development-related agencies, boards, and commissions.
3. HB 2033 - Reducing the costs and inefficiencies in elections by eliminating a requirement to include the full text of ballot measures in the printed version of voters' pamphlets.
4. HB 2042 - Modifying the nursing facility medicaid payment system by delaying the rebase of certain rate components and extending certain rate add-ons.
5. HB 2043 - Temporarily suspending inflationary increases in educational employee compensation.
6. HB 2044 - Delaying the implementation of the family leave insurance program until funding and payment of benefits are authorized in law.
7. HB 2045 - Concerning payments to counties in lieu of taxes.
8. HB 2046 - Transferring funds from the budget stabilization account to the general fund.
9. HB 2047 - Reducing the costs of the student assessment system by using consortium-developed assessments and reducing the assessments required for graduation to three content areas.
10. HB 2050 - Achieving correctional savings related to certification of jail time served.
11. HB 2051 - Implementing basic education expenditures.
Possible Executive Session:
1. SB 5337 - Modifying expiration dates affecting the department of natural resources' timber sale program.
2. 2SSB 5794 - Concerning alternative learning experience courses.
Capital Budget*
4/22/13 8:00 am
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA
REVISED 4/18/2013 2:09 PM
Public Hearing: HB 2039 - Relating to funding capital projects.
Executive Session: HB 2039 - Relating to funding capital projects.
*Meeting will conclude at 9:00 a.m. *An e-mail notification will be sent out when the proposed substitute bill is available electronically on the LEAP Committee website.
Transportation
4/22/13 9:00 am
House Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA
Public Hearing: Bills referred to committee.
Senate Committees
The schedule is subject to the addition of more committee agendas. Please check our website, http://www.leg.wa.gov/legislature/pages/calendar.aspx
Higher Education*
4/22/13 12:00 pm
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 3
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA
REVISED 4/19/2013 2:36 PM
Executive Session:
1. SGA 9127 - Chris Jordan, Member, Board of Regents, University of Washington.
2. SGA 9079 - Kristianne Blake, Member, Board of Regents, University of Washington.
3. SGA 9197 - Vicki J Wilson, Member, Board of Trustees, Eastern Washington University.
4. SGA 9196 - James S Wigfall, Member, Board of Trustees, The Evergreen State College.
5. SGA 9082 - J. A Bricker, Member, State Board for Community and Technical Colleges.
6. SGA 9151 - Lee Newgent, Member, Work Force Training and Education Coordinating Board.
7. SGA 9084 - Don C Brunell, Member, Work Force Training and Education Coordinating Board.
8. SGA 9122 - Lindsey Jahn, Member, Washington State Student Achievement Council.
9. SGA 9072 - Creigh Agnew, Member, Work Force Training and Education Coordinating Board.
10. SGA 9159 - Anne Proffitt, Member, Board of Trustees, The Evergreen State College.
Other business.
Ways & Means
4/22/13 5:30 pm
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA
Executive Session: SB 5913 - Concerning a hospital safety net assessment and quality incentive program for increased hospital payments.
Other business.
