This week's hot list

This is cutoff week for policy committees. We're a bit light on interesting public hearings because committees are so focused on exec'ing (voting) bills out. This also means it's last call for any bills not related to the budget - members will be spending a lot of time this week twisting arms and trying to get their bills out of committee before the Tuesday deadline.

Monday 2/1
10:00 House Session/Caucus

1:30 HHR B Technology, Energy & Communications
HB 2432 - Recognizing hydroelectric generation as a renewable energy resource.
HJR 4215 - Amending the state Constitution to require that hydroelectric generation be recognized as a renewable resource.

3:30 HHR B Transportation
Public Hearing: HB 2230 – Renaming the Washington state ferries the Washington state marine highway system.


Tuesday 2/2
8:00 HHR B Health & Human Services Appropriations
Public Hearing: HB 2197 – Abolishing the department of social and health services and creating new departments to take over its functions.

8:00 HHR C General Government Appropriations
Public Hearing:
HB 2442 – Restructuring three growth management hearing boards into one board (a governor-request bill related to natural resources reform)
HB 3020 – Eliminating the public printer and transferring print functions to the department of information services.

8:00 HHR A Education Appropriations
Public Hearing: HB 2960 – Establishing a portal for public access to the prototypical school funding model.

1:30 HHR B Agriculture & Natural Resources
Public Hearing: (Regarding regulatory program used to protect fish)
HB 2597 - Streamlining state environmental permitting through the elimination of the hydraulics project approval process. (would eliminate the program)
HB 3037 - Concerning permitting of hydraulic projects. (would keep program but shift cost from general fund to user fees)

1:30 HHR D State Government & Tribal Affairs
Public Hearing:
HB 1738 – Providing public funding for supreme court campaigns.
HB 2878 – Collecting fees to accommodate electronic filing and disclosure of campaign and lobbying reports, and personal financial affairs statements.

1:30 HHR C Finance
Public Hearing:
HB 2537 – Concerning incentives for solar energy systems
HB 3014 – Modifying the sales and use tax deferral program for investment projects in rural counties.
HB 3053 – Extending expiring tax incentives for certain clean alternative fuel vehicles, producers of certain biofuels, and federal aviation regulation part 145 certificated repair stations.

1:30 HHR A Education
Public Hearing: HJM 4002 – Requesting reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act to include health and fitness.
Possible Executive Session:
HB 3025 – Establishing an alternative route to a high school diploma.
HB 3035 – Regarding educator performance and innovation (a bill related to Race to the Top).


Wednesday 2/3
8:00 HHR C Finance
Public Hearing: HB 3027 – Regarding the governance and financing of the Washington state convention and trade center.

10:00 House session/caucus


Thursday 2/4
TBD


Friday 2/5 (Policy committee cutoff)
8:00 HHR C Ecology & Parks
Work Session: Off-road vehicle park regulations

10:00 House session/caucus