1:30 HHR A Judiciary
Public Hearing: HB 2793 - Clarifying and expanding the rights and obligations of state registered domestic partners and other couples related to parentage (i.e., surrogacy contracts).
1:30 HHR D Human Services
Public Hearing:
HB 2624 – Suspending the interstate compact for adult offender supervision (related to Maurice Clemmons case).
HB 2747 – Limiting the use of restraints on pregnant women or youth.
3:30 HHR B Transportation
Public Hearing: HB 2635 – Addressing the use of wireless communications devices while driving (Makes texting and handheld cell phone use a primary offense for drivers. For young drivers, all wireless communication, including hands free devices, is banned except for certain emergency situations.)
6:00 HHR A Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness
Work Session: Overview of the Lakewood Police Department and Maurice Clemmons Case.
Tuesday 1/19
8:00 HHR C General Government Appropriations
Work Session: Fee supported programs within select agencies for which the revenue from the fee does not fully cover the costs of the program.
- Department of Ecology
- Department of Natural Resources
- Department of Fish & Wildlife
- Office of the Secretary of State
- Washington State Patrol
Public Hearing: HB 2622 – Protecting consumers from unfair practices by establishing criteria for the dissemination of credit and court record information contained in a consumer’s tenant screening report.
8:00 HHR A Education Appropriations
Public Hearing: HB 2670 – Restoring the school district levy base.
10:00 HHR C Ecology & Parks
Public Hearing: HB 2562 – Concerning lease rates for industrial users of state-owned aquatic lands (Would re-calculate lease rates using the market rate).
10:00 HHR E Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness
Public Hearing (bills related to Maurice Clemmons case):
HB 1203 – Modifying the definition of relative for purposes of the crime of rendering criminal assistance.
HB 2625 – Addressing bail for felony offenses.
HB 2626 – Modifying violation provisions for offenders.
HJR 4213 – Adopting the Lakewood Law Enforcement Memorial Act to amend the state Constitution to exempt certain persons charged with a most serious crime from being bailable if proof is evident that the individual is potentially dangerous to other people in the community.
HJR 4214 - Adopting the Lakewood Law Enforcement Memorial Act to amend the state Constitution to exempt certain persons charged with a most serious crime from being bailable if proof is evident that the individual is potentially dangerous to other people in the community.
HB 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.
1:30 HHR D State Government & Tribal Affairs
Work Session: Background on HB 2617 – Eliminating boards and commissions.
Public Hearing: HB 2583 - Prior to filing court action alleging a violation of the public records act, the requester and agency may first confer in person or by telephone.
1:30 HHR A Health Care & Wellness
Public Hearing: HB 2652 – Regulating tanning facilities.
1:30 HHR B Agriculture & Natural Resources
Public Hearing: HB 2696 - Regarding a proposal for a new permit-only salmonid fishery for the Columbia river.
1:30 HHR C Finance
Public Hearing: HB 2650 – Providing local flexibility with existing revenues during severe economic downturns.
1:30 HHR E Early Learning & Children’s Services
Public Hearing (all three early learning proposals):
HB 2431 - Establishing within basic education a program of early learning for at-risk children.
HB 2731 - Creating an early learning program for educationally at-risk children.
HB 2867 - Promoting early learning.
3:30 HHR A Ways & Means
Public Hearing: HB 2921 – Early savings bill
Wednesday 1/20
8:00 HHR D Human Services
Public Hearing: HB 2782 – Reorganizing delivery of services to recipients of public assistance (Security Lifeline Act: Renames GAU as Disability Lifeline, seeks to expedite transitions from GAU to SSI, streamlines and coordinates applications for and access to basic needs services and employment and training services.)
8:00 HHR A Judiciary
Public Hearing:
HB 1908 - Modifying the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act.
HB 2662 - Conforming certain manufactured/mobile home dispute resolution program definitions with certain manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act definitions.
8:00 HHR B Community & Economic Development & Trade
Public Hearing:
HB 2632 – Expanding the number of households living in the middle-income bracket
HB 2658 - Refocusing the department of commerce, including transferring programs (DOC re-org).
1:30 HHR B Commerce & Labor
Public Hearing: HB 2642 – Establishing a pilot project to allow wine tasting at farmers market.
3:300 HHR B Transportation
Work Session: 2009 State Route 520 Legislative Work Group Report
3:30 HHR C Capital Budget
Work Session:
- Joint Legislative Task Force on School Construction Funding Recommendations
- School District Capital Construction Reimbursement Claim Process Report
- Analysis of the School Construction Assistance Program Allocations Report
- Qualified School Construction Bonds, Qualified Zone Academy Bonds, and Build America Bonds
Public Hearing: HB 2513 – Banning the use of credit scoring by insurance companies for insurance purposes.
6:00 HHR A Education Appropriations
Work Session: Levy equalization.
Thursday 1/21
8:00 HHR D State Government & Tribal Affairs
Public Hearing: HB 2617 – Eliminating certain boards and commissions
1:30 HHR C General Government Appropriations
Work Session: Impact of Department of Corrections facility closures.
Friday 1/22
8:00 HHR A Education
Work Session: Gangs in Schools.
Public Hearing:
HB 2834 - Regarding gang and hate group activity at schools and school activities.
HB 2835 - Increasing school safety.
HB 2801 - Regarding antiharassment strategies in public schools.
9:00 HHR E Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness
Possible executive session: HB 2115 – Allowing booking photographs and electronic images at jails to be open to the public.
1:30 HHR D State Government & Tribal Affairs
Public Hearing: HB 2603 – Requiring agencies to give small businesses an opportunity to comply with a state law or agency rule before imposing a penalty.
1:30 HHR A Finance Jt. w/ Health Care & Wellness
Public Hearing: HB 2388 – Concerning public health financing (candy tax)
