House Committees

Agriculture & Natural Resources -  11/29/12  12:00 pm

Agriculture & Natural Resources -  11/30/12  8:00 am

1. Organic feed grains in western Washington.
2. Water resource management.

Business & Financial Services -  11/30/12  1:30 pm

Capital Budget -  11/28/12  10:00 am

1. What capital budget investments in affordable housing has the state made, and who is being served?
2. What investments have been made through the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program, and who is being served?
3. What needs remain?
4. How does the Department of Commerce recommend emphasizing cost-effectiveness in the Housing Trust Fund in response to HB 2640?
5. How is ESHB 2048, concerning low-income and homeless housing assistance surcharges, making a difference?

Capital Budget* -  11/29/12  1:30 pm

1. Chehalis River Basin alternatives report.
2. Options for addressing prison inmate capacity needs.
3. Ten-year capital budget investments in local infrastructure.
4. Modernizing the state’s local infrastructure programs.
5. 2013 session preview.

Community & Economic Development & Housing -  11/28/12  10:00 am

1. What capital budget investments in affordable housing has the state made, and who is being served?
2. What investments have been made through the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program, and who is being served?
3. What needs remain?
4. How does the Department of Commerce recommend emphasizing cost-effectiveness in the Housing Trust Fund in response to HB 2640?
5. How is ESHB 2048, concerning low-income and homeless housing assistance surcharges, making a difference?

Community & Economic Development & Housing* -  11/30/12  10:00 am

1. The Washington Economic Development Commission's "Winning Strategies for Driving Growth, Competitiveness and Job Creation in a Time of Fiscal Constraint".
2. Recommendations for evaluating what does and does not work in economic development programs.
3. Innovate Washington's five-year business plan and report on economic impact.
4. How Small Business Development Centers help small businesses enhance their performance through exporting.

Early Learning & Human Services -  11/30/12  1:30 pm

Education -  11/30/12  1:30 pm

1. Update on 2012 interim Education Joint Select Committees and Task Forces.
2. Alternative Learning Experience (ALE) Programs: Review of policy issues.
3. Update on Teacher and Principal Evaluation Project (TPEP).

Education Appropriations & Oversight -  11/27/12  10:00 am

1. Overview of education and social service data systems.
2. Evidence-based programs associated with improved educational outcomes.
3. Coordinated education and human service programs.

Education Appropriations & Oversight -  11/29/12  1:30 pm

1. Update on McCleary and the Joint Task Force on Education Funding.
2. Quality Education Council Compensation Working Group recommendations.
3. Update on alternate education funding.

Environment -  11/30/12  1:30 pm

1. Update on fish consumption rates and water quality standards.
2. Implementation of recent changes to renewable energy standards.

General Government Appropriations & Oversight* -  11/29/12  1:30 pm

1. Current programs to implement lean management principles in state government.
2. Application of Lean management at selected state agencies and outcomes from those Lean projects.

Health & Human Services Appropriations & Oversight -  11/27/12  10:00 am

1. Overview of education and social service data systems.
2. Evidence-based programs associated with improved educational outcomes.
3. Coordinated education and human service programs.

Health & Human Services Appropriations & Oversight -  11/29/12  1:30 pm

1. Supreme Court decision and the fiscal impacts associated with health care reform and the option to expand Medicaid.
2. Update on current efforts toward implementation.
3. Options for coordinating the purchase and delivery of care for people who need long-term care, developmental disabilities, mental health, or chemical dependency services.
4. Public comment.

Health Care & Wellness* -  11/30/12  10:00 am

1. Access to primary care.
2. Pertussis outbreak update.
3. Coordination of agency purchasing.

Higher Education* -  11/30/12  10:00 am

1. Implementation of certain provisions in 2011 legislation 2ESHB 1795:
   1. Impacts of Tuition Increases.
   2. Transfer and Articulation Provisions.
2. Financial aid update:
   1. State Need Grant Work Group.
   2. Higher Education Loan Program Work Group.
   3. College Bound Scholarship.
   4. Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET) Legislative Advisory Committee.
3. Washington Student Achievement Council Update.

Judiciary* -  11/30/12  10:00 am

Labor & Workforce Development -  11/30/12  8:00 am

1. Agency updates and session previews.
   1. Department of Labor and Industries.
   2. Employment Security Department.
2. Business and labor comments and session previews.

Local Government -  11/14/12  1:30 pm

1. Introductions.
2. 2012 Legislative review – House Local Government Committee.
3. Open microphone for County Officials.
4. Increasing local government operational efficiencies – solicitation of county perspectives.
5. Adjournment.

Local Government* -  11/30/12  8:00 am

1. Recommendations for making the implementation of the Growth Management Act more efficient.
2. Briefing by the State Auditor’s Office.
   1. Audit summary on Public Development Authorities and Public Facilities Districts.
   2. Local Government Financial Condition Report.
3. Staff Briefing: Joint Select Committee on Junior Taxing Districts, Municipal Corporations, and Local Government Finance.

Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness -  11/30/12  9:00 am

1. Briefing on the transfer of legal defense in sexually violent predator civil commitment proceedings from the Department of Social and Health Services to the Office of Public Defense.
2. Update from the Department of Corrections on the state’s current community custody program and violation process (the new Swift & Certain Process).
3. Update from the Metal Theft Work Group.

State Government & Tribal Affairs -  11/30/12  10:00 am

1. Regulatory improvements.
   1. Briefing on the results of the Performance Audit of Washington Business Regulations.
   2. Briefing by the Office of Regulatory Assistance on its activities and recommendations for regulatory improvement.
2. Update on the implementation of Initiative 1183 (privatizing liquor sales in Washington).

Technology, Energy & Communications -  11/30/12  8:00 am

1. Residential energy use disclosure.
2. Universal service reform.

Transportation -  11/29/12  3:30 pm

1. Status of business improvements at WSDOT:
   1. Strategic plan implementation and effects on staffing.
   2. Facilities oversight plan recommendations and implementation.
2. Tolling update: SR 520, Tacoma Narrows Bridge, and SR 167.
3. Transportation revenue forecast update, budget outlook and federal funding reauthorization overview.
4. Potential impacts of the AUTO v. Washington decision on transportation revenues and expenditures.

Ways & Means* -  11/29/12  3:30 pm

1. November Economic and Revenue Forecast update.
2. 2013 session budget outlook.
3. Update on the Joint Task Force on Education Funding.
4. Update on the Joint Select Committee on Junior Taxing Districts, Municipal Corporations, and Local Government Finance.