Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Today's hot list

Full list is below but the super hot list includes the slate of bills related to the Maurice Clemmons case at 10, bills that would incorporate early learning as part of basic education today at 1:30, and the early savings bill at 3:30 that takes a swipe at some early budget cuts.

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
8:00 HHR D Financial Institutions & Insurance
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 on local options bills:
HB 2650 – Providing local flexibility with existing revenues during severe economic downturns.

HB 2749 - Concerning local government taxation.
HB 2773 - Concerning local excise tax authorities for counties and cities.


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

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