House Committees

Agriculture & Natural Resources -  01/30/13  8:00 am

1. HB 1192 - Regarding license fees under Title 77 RCW for veterans with disabilities.
2. HB 1218 - Concerning department of fish and wildlife license suspensions.
3. HB 1199 - Ensuring hunter safety.
4. HB 1189 - Ensuring a balanced representation of interests on the fish and wildlife commission.
5. HB 1200 - Concerning the labeling of seafood.

Appropriations Subcommittee on Education* -  01/30/13  3:30 pm

1. Washington FIRST Robotics program.
2. Department of Early Learning update on the Race to the Top grant, home visiting, and the Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP).
3. Joint Task Force on Education Funding recommended enhancements: Implement Career and College Ready Plan, and Accountability, Evaluation, and Common Core.

Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government* -  01/30/13  3:30 pm

1. Brief overview of Governor Gregoire's budget proposal for the Office of the Attorney General.
2. Update from the Office of the Attorney General on the state costs for the Grays Harbor County Superior Court lawsuit.
3. Update from the Administrative Office of the Courts on the implementation of the superior court case management system.
4. Update from the Administrative Office of the Courts on revenue assumptions for the Judicial Stabilization Trust Account.
5. Update from the Department of Commerce on its Crime Victims and Public Safety Programs.
6. Overview of Governor Gregoire's budget proposal for the Office of Civil Legal Aid.
7. Overview of Governor Gregoire's Budget Proposal for the Office Public Defense.

Appropriations Subcommittee on Health & Human Services -  01/30/13  3:30 pm

Business & Financial Services -  01/30/13  1:30 pm

1. HB 1130 - Modifying who is authorized to redeem an impounded vehicle.
2. HB 1212 - Prohibiting the use of credit history in insurance coverage related to a residence.

1. HB 1325 - Addressing fees and semiannual assessments, powers, lending limits, and technical amendments related to state-chartered banks, savings banks, savings associations, and trust companies.
2. HB 1326 - Addressing the consumer loan act.
3. HB 1327 - Addressing licensing and enforcement provisions applicable to money transmitters.
4. HB 1328 - Regulating mortgage brokers.

Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs* -  01/30/13  8:00 am

1. HB 1187 - Concerning grants for community outdoor and indoor athletic facilities.
2. HB 1277 - Concerning tribes holding conservation easements.
3. HB 1286 - Authorizing the sale or exchange of unused department of transportation lands to federally recognized Indian tribes.
4. HB 1287 - Subjecting federally recognized Indian tribes to the same conditions as state and local governments for property owned exclusively by the tribe.

Environment* -  01/30/13  1:30 pm

1. HB 1235 - Prioritizing state investments in storm water control.
2. HB 1237 - Regarding the creation of a storm water compliance project.
3. HB 1275 - Regarding water discharge fees.

1. HB 1017 - Creating new efficiency standards.
2. Bills previously heard in committee.

Government Operations & Elections* -  01/30/13  1:30 pm

1. HB 1078 - Requiring the ballot proposition to reduce the terms of office of port commissioners to be submitted at the next general election.
2. HB 1121 - Providing for the election of members of the house of representatives from house districts within each legislative district.
3. HB 1413 - Enacting the Washington voting rights act of 2013.

Higher Education* -  01/30/13  1:30 pm

1. Integrating Higher Education, Employment, and Social Services: Report of the Opportunity Center for Employment and Education at North Seattle Community College.
2. Opportunity Grant: State Board for Community and Technical Colleges.
3. The 13th Year Promise Scholarship: South Seattle Community College.

1. HB 1322 - Allowing nonprofit institutions recognized by the state of Washington to be eligible to participate in the state need grant program.
2. HB 1331 - Authorizing student advisory committees at institutions of higher education.

Judiciary* -  01/30/13  8:00 am

1. HB 1024 - Addressing service animals.
2. HB 1027 - Implementing changes to child support based on the child support schedule work group report.

1. HB 1107 - Regarding residential provisions for children of parents with military duties.
2. HB 1119 - Allowing the sheriff to waive fees associated with the service of a writ of habeas corpus under certain circumstances.
3. HB 1145 - Providing credit towards child support obligations for veterans benefits.
4. HB 1227 - Regarding cost savings and efficiencies in mailing notices of possible license suspension for noncompliance with child support orders.
5. HB 1370 - Concerning notice requirements for homeowners' associations meetings.

Labor & Workforce Development -  01/30/13  8:00 am

1. HB 1110 - Addressing respirator requirements for asbestos abatement projects.
2. HB 1247 - Modifying job skills program provisions.
3. HB 1249 - Exempting from prevailing wage requirements public works projects undertaken to repair fire damage.
4. HB 1254 - Addressing prevailing wage filings.
5. HB 1255 - Concerning exemptions from prevailing wage for school plant facilities receiving state funding assistance through the school construction assistance program.

Public Safety* -  01/30/13  1:30 pm

1. HB 1080 - Concerning the crime of rendering criminal assistance.
2. HB 1087 - Allowing for more than one vacation of a misdemeanor and gross misdemeanor conviction.
3. HB 1098 - Addressing bail practices.

1. HB 1047 - Concerning photographs, microphotographs, and electronic images from traffic safety cameras and toll systems.
2. HB 1059 - Providing that a proclamation of a state of emergency is effective upon the governor's signature.
3. HB 1060 - Scoring an offense a class C felony equivalent if the offense was a felony under the relevant out-of-state statute when there is no clearly comparable offense under Washington law.
4. HB 1061 - Changing provisions regarding the finding of aggravating circumstances.
5. HB 1126 - Concerning state fire service mobilization.
6. HB 1127 - Developing prefire mitigation plans.
7. HB 1131 - Adding persons who serve legal process to assault in the third degree provisions.
8. Bills previously heard in committee.

Technology & Economic Development -  01/30/13  8:00 am

1. Overview of various types of economic development zones.
2. Update of report on trends in telecommunications and pathways for regulatory reform.

Transportation* -  01/30/13  3:30 pm

1. County and city transportation issues - Introduction and 2013 priorities.
2. Regional Transportation Planning Organizations (RTPOs) and Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) - Introduction and role in the state and local transportation systems.
3. Regional business-led coalitions with transportation interests - Introduction and role in the state and local transportation system.
4. Washington State Department of Transportation Highways and Local Programs - Introduction and role in the state and local transportation system.