Another rainy day in Olympia

The rain keeps falling, and the legislative days keep clicking by. Today, day 81 of the 105-day session, the House is holding a pro forma session at 9:55 am. Look for some bill action on the floor tomorrow. The Rules committee will meet this afternoon at 1:00 to move Senate bills to the calendar.

Here are highlights for today’s committees:

8:00 am HHR B State Government & Tribal Affairs
Public Hearing:
1. HB 2027 - Allowing advertisements relating to licensing services in department of licensing publications and on the department of licensing web site.
2. HB 2028 - Transferring executive ethics responsibilities to the public disclosure and ethics commission.
3. HB 2029 - Reforming and streamlining the sentencing guidelines commission for the purpose of saving money.
4. HB 2033 - Consolidating arts and heritage programs for the purpose of streamlining government and improving efficiency.
5. HB 2034 - Reforming and streamlining the sentencing guidelines commission for the purpose of saving money.
6. HB 2035 - Effectuating financial stability for the public printer.

10:00 am HHR A Ways and Means
Public Hearing/Possible Executive Session:
1. SSB 5749 - Regarding the Washington advanced college tuition payment (GET) program.
2. ESB 5764 - Creating innovate Washington, which includes the Washington clean energy partnership as a programmatic activity.
Possible Executive Session:
1. SHB 1741 - Regarding temporary assistance for needy families benefits.
2. HB 2019 - Concerning the deposit of the additional cigarette tax.
3. E2SSB 5073 - Concerning the medical use of cannabis.
4. SSB 5202 - Regarding sexually violent predators.
5. ESSB 5253 - Concerning tax increment financing for landscape conservation and local infrastructure.
6. SSB 5394 - Concerning primary care health homes and chronic care management.
7. 2SSB 5427 - Regarding an assessment of students in state-funded full-day kindergarten classrooms.
8. SSB 5445 - Establishing a health benefit exchange.
9. SB 5516 - Allowing advance payments for equipment maintenance services for institutions of higher education.
10. SSB 5525 - Concerning hospital benefit zones that have already formed.
11. SSB 5531 - Reimbursing counties for providing judicial services involving mental health commitments.
12. E2SSB 5596 - Requiring the department of social and health services to submit a demonstration waiver request to revise the federal medicaid program.
13. 2SSB 5636 - Concerning the University Center of North Puget Sound.
14. SSB 5691 - Streamlining the crime victims' compensation program.

For information on any of these bills, click here.