Agenda for Wednesday, February 06, 2013
House Committees
Agriculture & Natural Resources* -
02/06/13 8:00 am
|
Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA
REVISED on 2/4/2013 at 9:47 AM
Public Hearing: - HB 1220 - Concerning milk and milk products.
- HB 1229 - Creating the companion animal safety, population control, and spay/neuter assistance program.
- HB 1437 - Concerning small farms under the current use property tax program for farm and agricultural lands.
- HB 1323 - Regarding the sea cucumber dive fishery.
Executive Session: - HB 1199 - Ensuring hunter safety.
- HB 1200 - Concerning the labeling of seafood.
- HB 1218 - Concerning department of fish and wildlife license suspensions.
Committee Meeting Documents
Note: Documents are not available online until the meeting has begun.
|
Back to Top
Appropriations Subcommittee on Education -
02/06/13 3:30 pm
|
Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA
Work Session: - Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET).
- College Bound Scholarship program.
Committee Meeting Documents
Note: Documents are not available online until the meeting has begun.
|
Back to Top
Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government -
02/06/13 3:30 pm
|
Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA
Work Session: - Briefing from the Office of the Chief Information Officer on strategies for savings through information technology implementation.
- Briefing from Consolidated Technology Services on proposed funding for State Data Center operations.
- Briefing from the Department of Enterprise Services on proposals for a new Statewide Financial System and a new Time, Leave, and Attendance System.
- Update from the Department of Enterprise Services savings and efficiencies proposed in the Governor's budget.
- Briefing from the Department of Revenue on its major information technology projects proposed in the Governor's budget.
Committee Meeting Documents
Note: Documents are not available online until the meeting has begun.
|
Back to Top
Appropriations Subcommittee on Health & Human Services -
02/06/13 3:30 pm
|
Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA
Public Hearing: HB 1343 - Removing the expiration for the additional surcharge imposed on registered nurses and licensed practical nurses.
Work Session: - Integrating medical, behavioral, and long-term care for clients dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid.
- Briefing on Department of Health programs.
Committee Meeting Documents
Note: Documents are not available online until the meeting has begun.
|
Back to Top
Business & Financial Services* -
02/06/13 1:30 pm
|
Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA
REVISED on 2/4/2013 at 1:29 PM
Public Hearing: - HB 1340 - Addressing debt management services.
- HB 1491 - Concerning debt adjusting services.
Executive Session: - HB 1130 - Modifying who is authorized to redeem an impounded vehicle.
- HB 1231 - Establishing continuing education requirements for engineers.
- 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.
- HB 1327 - Addressing licensing and enforcement provisions applicable to money transmitters.
- HB 1328 - Regulating mortgage brokers.
*Please note Hearing Room change.
Committee Meeting Documents
Note: Documents are not available online until the meeting has begun.
|
Back to Top
Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs -
02/06/13 8:00 am
|
Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA
Work Session: Update on state tourism activities.
Executive Session: HB 1287 - Subjecting federally recognized Indian tribes to the same conditions as state and local governments for property owned exclusively by the tribe.
Committee Meeting Documents
Note: Documents are not available online until the meeting has begun.
|
Back to Top
Environment -
02/06/13 1:30 pm
|
Full Committee
House Hearing Rm C
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA
Public Hearing: HB 1294 - Concerning flame retardants.
Possible Executive Session: Bills previously heard in committee.
Committee Meeting Documents
Note: Documents are not available online until the meeting has begun.
|
Back to Top
Government Operations & Elections* -
02/06/13 1:30 pm
|
Full Committee
House Hearing Rm E
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA
REVISED on 2/5/2013 at 1:15 PM
Public Hearing: - HB 1267 - Concerning voter registration.
- HB 1279 - Allowing motor voter preregistration for sixteen and seventeen year olds.
- HB 1319 - Recognizing a welcome home Vietnam veterans day.
- HB 1359 - Regarding the state archivist.
Executive Session: - HB 1005 - Concerning responsibilities and funding of the public disclosure commission.
- HB 1278 - Concerning prepaid postage for ballot envelopes.
- HB 1290 - Requiring county auditors to place ballot drop boxes at various locations throughout the county.
- HB 1413 - Enacting the Washington voting rights act of 2013.
- HB 1319 - Recognizing a welcome home Vietnam veterans day.
Committee Meeting Documents
Note: Documents are not available online until the meeting has begun.
|
Back to Top
Higher Education* -
02/06/13 1:30 pm
|
Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA
REVISED on 2/1/2013 at 2:05 PM
Work Session: Diversity strategies at public baccalaureate institutions.
Public Hearing: - HB 1109 - Requiring institutions of higher education that offer an early course registration period to provide early registration for eligible veterans and national guard members.
- HB 1544 - Authorizing educational specialist degrees at Central Washington University and Western Washington University.
- HB 1614 - Authorizing applied doctorate level degrees in audiology at Western Washington University.
- HB 1624 - Restricting tuition increases for resident undergraduate students at four-year institutions of higher education.
- HB 1536 - Changing requirements for membership on community and technical college boards of trustees.
Committee Meeting Documents
Note: Documents are not available online until the meeting has begun.
|
Back to Top
Judiciary -
02/06/13 8:00 am
|
Full Committee
House Hearing Rm A
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA
Public Hearing: - HB 1140 - Concerning sibling visitation after a dependency has been dismissed or concluded.
- HB 1506 - Concerning third-party visitation.
- HB 1525 - Concerning birth certificates and other birth-related information.
- HB 1285 - Modifying provisions regarding the representation of children in dependency matters.
Committee Meeting Documents
Note: Documents are not available online until the meeting has begun.
|
Back to Top
Labor & Workforce Development* -
02/06/13 8:00 am
|
Full Committee
House Hearing Rm D
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA
REVISED on 2/5/2013 at 3:59 PM
Public Hearing: - HB 1394 - Changing the employment security department's settlement authority.
- HB 1395 - Implementing the unemployment insurance integrity provisions of the federal trade adjustment assistance extension act of 2011.
- HB 1396 - Changing the unemployment insurance shared work program by adopting short-time compensation provisions in the federal middle class tax relief and job creation act of 2012.
- HB 1311 - Making coverage of certain maritime service elective for purposes of unemployment compensation.
- HB 1468 - Modifying payment methods on certain claimants' benefits.
- HB 1469 - Addressing industrial insurance for horse racing employment.
- HB 1470 - Addressing the recommendations of the vocational rehabilitation subcommittee for workers' compensation.
- HB 1467 - Addressing the collection of unpaid wages.
Possible Executive Session: - HB 1072 - Creating the agricultural labor skills and safety grant program.
- HB 1152 - Addressing meal and rest breaks for hospital employees.
- HB 1153 - Regulating mandatory overtime for employees of health care facilities.
- HB 1247 - Modifying job skills program provisions.
- HB 1311 - Making coverage of certain maritime service elective for purposes of unemployment compensation.
- HB 1394 - Changing the employment security department's settlement authority.
- HB 1395 - Implementing the unemployment insurance integrity provisions of the federal trade adjustment assistance extension act of 2011.
- HB 1396 - Changing the unemployment insurance shared work program by adopting short-time compensation provisions in the federal middle class tax relief and job creation act of 2012.
- HB 1467 - Addressing the collection of unpaid wages.
- HB 1468 - Modifying payment methods on certain claimants' benefits.
- HB 1469 - Addressing industrial insurance for horse racing employment.
- HB 1470 - Addressing the recommendations of the vocational rehabilitation subcommittee for workers' compensation.
Committee Meeting Documents
Note: Documents are not available online until the meeting has begun.
|
Back to Top
Public Safety -
02/06/13 1:30 pm
|
Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA
Work Session: Marijuana and impaired driving in the post I-502 world.- General overview of I-502: What is legal? What is still illegal?
- Driving under the influence of marijuana: From the roadside to the courthouse.
- Enforcement protocols and prosecution of driving under the influence of marijuana.
- The science of cannabis and impaired driving.
*Note Hearing Room.
Committee Meeting Documents
Note: Documents are not available online until the meeting has begun.
|
Back to Top
Transportation -
02/06/13 3:30 pm
|
Full Committee
House Hearing Rm B
John L. O'Brien Building
Olympia, WA
Work Session: Project development "A to Z" (Washington State Department of Transportation, Washington State Association of Counties, Association of Washington Cities).
Committee Meeting Documents
Note: Documents are not available online until the meeting has begun.
|
Back to Top