House Committees

Community & Economic Development & Housing* -  01/16/12  1:30 pm

1. Microenterprise Development Program.
2. Building Communities Fund.
3. Department of Commerce Housing Reports.

Health Care & Wellness -  01/16/12  1:30 pm

1. HB 2306 - Authorizing the presentation of claims for payment for pathology services to direct patient-provider primary care practices.
2. HB 2316 - Regarding the disclosure of health care information.
3. HB 2317 - Financing hospitals by the health care facilities authority.
4. HB 2341 - Concerning community benefits provided by hospitals.

1. Bills previously heard in committee.
2. HB 2056 - Concerning assisted living facilities.
3. EHB 2186 - Concerning licensed midwives ability to work with registered nurses and licensed practical nurses.

Higher Education* -  01/16/12  1:30 pm

1. Public baccalaureate, community and technical college, and private and independent institution perspectives.

Judiciary* -  01/16/12  1:30 pm

1. HB 2293 - Expanding consumer cooperative provisions under the nonprofit miscellaneous and mutual corporations act.
2. HB 2251 - Removing provisions relating to subversive activities.
3. HB 2308 - Regulating awarding of costs, including attorneys' fees, in actions challenging actions taken by professional peer review bodies.
4. HB 2211 - Regarding adoptees' access to information, including original birth certificates.
5. HB 2393 - Concerning employer reporting to the state support registry.
6. HB 2287 - Providing credit towards child support obligations for veterans benefits.
7. HB 2279 - Implementing changes to child support based on the child support schedule work group report.

State Government & Tribal Affairs* -  01/16/12  1:30 pm

1. HB 2174 - Regulating when incumbents may appear in public service announcements while campaigning for office.
2. HB 2181 - Extending the age for service in the Washington state guard.
3. HB 2219 - Addressing the powers and duties of the gambling commission.
4. HB 2222 - Allowing the state library to recover costs associated with research requests from persons who are not Washington residents.
5. HB 2225 - Designating July 25th as patient safety day.
6. HB 2285 - Making technical corrections to campaign finance laws.

1. HB 2173 - Maximizing the use of lean strategies in state government.
2. HB 2204 - Extending the time period for voter registration.
3. HB 2205 - Allowing eligible youth at least sixteen years of age to register to vote.
4. HB 2210 - Extending contribution limits to school board candidates.
5. HB 2285 - Making technical corrections to campaign finance laws.
6. HB 2181 - Extending the age for service in the Washington state guard.
7. HB 2219 - Addressing the powers and duties of the gambling commission.
8. HB 2222 - Allowing the state library to recover costs associated with research requests from persons who are not Washington residents.

Transportation* -  01/16/12  3:30 pm

1. HB 2234 - Addressing employer notification upon commercial driver's license suspension.
2. HB 2240 - Concerning public improvement contracts involving federally funded transit facility projects.
3. HB 2252 - Concerning proof of payment for certain transportation fares.
4. HB 2270 - Concerning signage for automated traffic safety camera locations.
5. HB 2280 - Establishing a yellow dot program for motor vehicles.
6. HB 2283 - Modifying the display requirement for certain parking placards.

Ways & Means -  01/16/12  3:30 pm

1. Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee (JLARC) report on Tax Preferences.
   1. Public comment.
2. Supreme Court decision on the McCleary Case (K-1 2 education).