Committee Meetings for the Week of April 12
Regular committee meetings have ended for this legislative session. Committees will still meet as needed.
Legislative Bills of Interest – Week 14 (And Standing)
House Bills
- HB 1056 – Concerning open public meeting notice requirements and declared emergencies. (Senate Rules Committee)
- HB 1080 – Concerning the capital budget. (Adopted 98-0 )
- HB 1091 – Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by reducing the carbon intensity of transportation fuel. (Adopted by the Senate 27-20)
- HB 1117 – Promoting salmon recovery through revisions to the state’s comprehensive planning framework. (Senate Rules Committee)
- HB 1143 – Authorizing the placement of water rights banked pursuant to RCW 90.92.070 into the trust water rights program. (Adopted by Senate 48-0)
- HB 1168 – Concerning long-term forest health and the reduction of wildfire dangers. (Adopted by Senate 49-0)
- HB 1216 – Concerning urban and community forestry. (House voted to concur with Senate amendments 61-37
- HB 1280 – Concerning greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the design of public facilities. (Senate Rules Committee)
- HB 1329 – Relating to public meeting accessibility and participation. (Senate Rules Committee)
- HB 1336 – Creating and expanding unrestricted authority for public entities to provide telecommunications services to end users. (Senate Rules Committee)
- HB 1382 – Streamlining the environmental permitting process for salmon recovery projects. (Adopted by the Senate 27-22)
- HB 1443 – Concerning social equity within the cannabis industry. (Adopted by the Senate 33-16)
Senate Bills
- SB 5083 – Concerning the capital budget. (House Rules Committee)
- SB 5092 – Making 2021-2023 fiscal biennium operating appropriations. (Passed the House 57-41)
- SB 5126 – Concerning the Washington climate commitment act. (House Environment & Energy)
- SB 5141 – Implementing the recommendations of the environmental justice task force. (Adopted by the House 56-41)
- SB 5172 – Concerning the retroactivity of overtime claims in exceptional cases. (Adopted by the House 91-7)
- SB 5159 – Concerning payments in lieu of real property taxes by the department of the fish and wildlife. (Adopted by the House 97-0)
- SB 5220 – Concern the taxation of salmon recovery grants. (Adopted by the House 97-0)
- SB 5253 – Implementing the recommendations of the pollinator health task force. (Adopted by the House 97-0)
- SB 5273 – Concerning the replacement of shoreline armoring. (Adopted by House 57-40)
- SB 5362 – Ensuring the funding of agricultural fairs. (Adopted by the House 97-1)
- SB 5383 – Authorizing a public utility district to provide retail telecommunications services in unserved areas under certain conditions. (Adopted by the House 62-36)