What's hot in the House next week?

Monday 1/26/09
1:30pm in Technology, Energy & Communications
Public Hearing: HB 1007 – Creating a sustainable energy trust.

1:30pm in Judiciary
Public Hearing:
HB 1148 – Protecting animals from perpetrators of domestic violence

HB 1150 – Providing civil remedies for damages to a companion animal

3:30pm in Ways & Means
Work Session: Report and Recommendations of the Basic Education Finance Task Force.


Tuesday 1/27/09
10:00am in Education
Public Hearing: HB 1075 – Enacting the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children.

1:30pm in Health Care & Wellness
Public Hearing: HB 1123 – Reducing the spread of multidrug resistant organisms (MRSA).

1:30pm in State Government & Tribal Affairs
Public Hearing: HB 1051 – An increase in veterans’ access to the state and federal assistance programs.


Wednesday 1/28/09
8:00am in Local Government & Housing
Work Session: Report to Legislature – Land Use and Climate Change Advisory Committee.

1:30pm in Education
Public Hearing: HB 1356 – Providing for career and technical education opportunities for middle school students.

1:30pm in Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
Public Hearing: HB 1385-Modifying provisions related to sexual misconduct by school employees (remember the recent story about the Hoquiam teacher and 18-year-old student?)

6:00pm in Education Appropriations
Work Session: Basic Education Finance Task Force report.

Public Hearing: HB 1410 – Creating a comprehensive system of public education programs, finance and accountability (the BIG basic ed funding bill)

6:00pm in General Government Appropriations
Public Hearing: Increasing the efficiency, effectiveness and/or exploring areas for additional cost savings within the State Parks & Recreation Commission, the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Puget Sound Partnership.


Thursday 1/29/09
10:00am in Technology, Energy & Communications
Public Hearing: HB 1481 – Creating jobs and reducing greenhouse gas emissions by supporting development of electronic vehicle infrastructure and electric vehicles.

1:30pm in General Government Appropriations
Work Session: Increasing the efficiency, effectiveness and/or exploring areas for additional cost savings within the Department of Natural Resources, Department of Ecology and the Department of Agriculture.