What's Hot in the House this week?

Apologies for not posting this last Friday, but here's a (still) early look at this week's interesting committee activities.

Tuesday 2/10/09
8:00am in Financial Institutions & Insurance
Public Hearing: Payday lending bills. (HB 1310, HB 1425, HB 1684, HB 1685, HB 1709, HB 1805, HB 1806, HB 1807, HB 1851)

10:00am in Commerce & Labor
Public Hearing: HB 1609 – Concerning family and medical leave.

10:00am in Higher Education
Public Hearing:
HB 1467 – Establishing the University of Washington Snohomish county branch campus.
HB 1726 – Creating Bellevue College.

10:00am in Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness
Public Hearing: HB 1695 – Modifying provisions relating to the possession of controlled substances.

1:30pm in State Government & Tribal Affairs
Public Hearing:
HB 1738 – Public funding for Supreme Court campaigns.
HB 1787 – Identifying Political Action Committees in campaign advertisements.


Wednesday 2/11/09
1:30pm in Education
Public Hearing: HB 1758 – Expanding options for students to earn high school diplomas.

1:30pm in Higher Education
Public Hearing: HB 2021 – Opportunity Grants.

3:30pm in Transportation
Work Session: Oregon’s Mileage Fee Concept and Road User Fee Pilot Program, Puget Sound Regional Council Traffic Choices Study.


Thursday 2/12/09
8:00am in State Government & Tribal Affairs
Public Hearing: Tribal bill day. (HB 1447, HB 1448, HB 1526, HB 1890)

10:00am in Community & Economic Development & Trade
Work Session: Economic future of Washington Agriculture.

3:30pm in Transportation
Work Session: Transit Agencies, Commute Trip Reduction Program.
Public Hearing: HB 1677 – Establishing high capacity transportation corridor areas.