House Committees

Agriculture & Natural Resources* -  01/25/12  1:30 pm

1. HB 2310 - Creating efficiencies for municipal water suppliers.
2. HB 2311 - Providing a degree of local control to the use of exempt wells.
3. HB 2616 - Regarding the use of water by public utility districts bordered by the Columbia river in pumped storage projects.

Community & Economic Development & Housing -  01/25/12  8:00 am

1. CERB export funding update.
2. Canada and U.S. Joint Action plans on Security, Economic Competitiveness, and Regulatory Cooperation.

Health Care & Wellness -  01/25/12  8:00 am

1. HB 2303 - Regulating the practices of pharmacy benefits managers.
2. HB 2439 - Allowing persons satisfying physical therapy clinical education requirements to be exempt from licensure while under the direct supervision of a licensed physical therapist assistant.
3. HB 2515 - Authorizing physician assistants to perform opthalmic-related services under employment or supervision by a medical doctor or an osteopathic physician.
4. HB 2578 - Concerning disciplinary actions against the health professions license of the subject of a department of social and health services finding.
5. HB 2582 - Requiring notice to patients for certain charges at a health care facility.

Higher Education* -  01/25/12  8:00 am

1. HB 2585 - Creating efficiencies for institutions of higher education.
2. HB 2478 - Creating higher education student auditing committees.
3. HB 2436 - Requiring quarterly academic advising for students at institutions of higher education (continue public hearing from Jan. 18).
4. HB 2259 - Eliminating certain duplicative higher education reporting requirements.
5. HB 2596 - Regarding student involvement in higher education governance.

Judiciary* -  01/25/12  8:00 am

1. HB 2471 - Concerning criminal background checks and other requirements applicable to the purchase and transfer of firearms.
2. HB 2589 - Making second degree unlawful possession of a firearm a predicate offense for first degree unlawful possession of a firearm.
3. HB 2347 - Concerning the possession of spring blade knives.
4. HB 2690 - Concerning health care claims against public hospitals arising out of tortious conduct.
5. HB 2510 - Limiting government liability during preshelter care investigations of child abuse or neglect.
6. HB 2246 - Concerning medicaid fraud.

Labor & Workforce Development* -  01/25/12  1:30 pm

1. HB 2491 - Addressing when predecessor-successor relationships do not exist for purposes of unemployment experience rating.
2. HB 2508 - Establishing minimum standards for sick and safe leave from employment.
3. HB 1928 - Addressing workplace bullying by making it an unfair practice to subject an employee to an abusive work environment.
4. HB 1433 - Regarding the time for filing a complaint concerning nonpayment of the prevailing rate of wage.
5. HB 2509 - Promoting workplace safety and health by enacting the blueprint for safety program.
6. HB 2580 - Creating a lifelong learning program.
7. HB 2622 - Requiring medical claims to be addressed by communicating with workers in their primary language.
8. HB 2669 - Concerning the definitions of "contractor" and "subcontractor" for the purposes of prevailing wages on public works.

Local Government* -  01/25/12  1:30 pm

1. HB 2591 - Regulating fire hydrant services provided by local governments.
2. HB 2602 - Establishing a joint select committee on junior taxing districts.
3. HB 2615 - Authorizing benefit charges for the enhancement of fire protection services.

1. HB 2162 - Addressing appeal and permit procedures under the shoreline management act.
2. HB 2291 - Concerning the creation of local improvement districts by petition in water-sewer districts.
3. HB 2305 - Changing authority for contracts with community service organizations for public improvements.
4. HB 2416 - Concerning equitable allocation of auditor costs.
5. HB 2201 - Addressing the use and governance of hearing examiners.

Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness* -  01/25/12  1:30 pm

1. HB 2570 - Addressing metal property theft.
2. HB 2594 - Concerning criminal street gangs.
3. HB 2668 - Addressing bail practices.

State Government & Tribal Affairs* -  01/25/12  8:00 am

1. HB 2396 - Clarifying the number of employees within certain classifications within the consolidated technology services agency.
2. HB 2397 - Transferring programs to the state historical societies.
3. SHB 1860 - Regarding partisan elections.
4. HB 1641 - Concerning domestic winery licensing.
5. HB 2460 - Exempting officers and employees of the Washington state institute for public policy from state civil service law.
6. HB 2340 - Clarifying restrictions on the use of the public records act for the purpose of obtaining records for commercial or profit-making purposes.
7. HB 2407 - Restricting the use of information related to claims resolution structured settlement agreements.
8. HB 2573 - Transferring programs to the office of the attorney general.

1. HB 2232 - Establishing a government-to-government relationship between state government and federally recognized Indian tribes.
2. HB 2233 - Creating a procedure for the state's retrocession of civil and criminal jurisdiction over Indian tribes and Indian country.
3. HB 2385 - Concerning the disclosure of information of an address confidentiality program participant contained in state registered domestic partnership applications and records.
4. HB 2460 - Exempting officers and employees of the Washington state institute for public policy from state civil service law.
5. HB 1801 - Concerning Washington state food purchasing policy.
6. HB 2419 - Reducing costs and inefficiencies in elections.
7. HB 2222 - Allowing the state library to recover costs associated with research requests from persons who are not Washington residents.

Technology, Energy & Communications* -  01/25/12  1:30 pm

1. HB 2422 - Revising provisions concerning regulation of aviation biofuels production.
2. HB 2296 - Concerning the siting of biofuel processing facilities.
3. HB 2297 - Authorizing the establishment of an energy efficiency improvement loan fund.

Transportation* -  01/25/12  3:30 pm

1. HB 2370 - Including health in the state transportation system policy goals.
2. HB 2433 - Authorizing the implementation of a facial recognition matching system for drivers' licenses, permits, and identicards.

Ways & Means* -  01/25/12  3:30 pm