Senate Committees

Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development -  01/12/12  10:00 am

1. SB 5981 - Changing seed dealer license fees.
2. SB 5996 - Concerning contiguous land under the current use open space property tax programs.
3. SSB 5343 - Concerning air emissions from anaerobic digesters.

Early Learning & K-12 Education* -  01/12/12  1:30 pm

1. Overview of Alternative Learning Experience programs by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction staff.
2. Alternative Learning Experience Programs.

Economic Development, Trade & Innovation* -  01/12/12  1:30 pm

1. The State of the State Economy.
2. Economic forecast.

Energy, Natural Resources & Marine Waters* -  01/12/12  1:30 pm

Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections* -  01/12/12  10:00 am

1. SB 5970 - Addressing a veteran's preference for the purpose of public employment.
2. SB 6017 - Addressing the financial audits of local governments.
3. SB 6031 - Clarifying expenditure limits on mailings by members of the legislature.
4. SB 6043 - Prohibiting cemetery districts from selling certain memorial markers if private retailers or wholesalers of these markers are located within fifty miles of the district.
5. SB 6047 - Allowing the state library to recover costs associated with research requests from persons who are not Washington residents.

1. SSB 5244 - Addressing law enforcement crime prevention efforts regarding security alarm systems and crime watch programs for residential and commercial locations.
2. SB 5265 - Authorizing multijurisdiction flood control zones.
3. SSB 5417 - Allowing for the distribution of legislators' contact cards, newsletters, government guides, or similar printed materials produced with legislative resources in certain circumstances.
4. SB 5355 - Regarding notice requirements for special meetings of public agencies.
5. SB 5413 - Allowing a majority of landowners to petition the county legislative authority to vacate and abandon the frontage of a county road.

Health & Long-Term Care -  01/12/12  1:30 pm

1. Update on the secure exchange of health information (SSB 5501, 2009 legislative session).
2. Update on electronic health records.
3. Update on administrative simplification (2SSB 5346, 2009 legislative session).

Human Services & Corrections -  01/12/12  10:00 am

Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection* -  01/12/12  10:00 am

1. Underground economy.
2. Pay pending appeal, Labor and Industries (L & I).
3. Vocational rehabilitation (L & I).

1. SB 5412 - Providing remedies for whistleblowers in the conveyance work industry.
2. SB 5341 - Requiring notice to injured workers by self-insured employers. (Hearing is on P2SSB which is the same as the substitute that passed in 2011.)

1. SB 6046 - Addressing the powers and duties of the gambling commission.
2. SB 6059 - Establishing the veterans' raffle.

Transportation* -  01/12/12  3:30 pm

1. Washington Traffic Safety Commission updates:
   1. Electronic Traffic Information Processing (eTRIP) Initiative.
   2. Target Zero Trooper pilot program.
2. Freight database pilot project: Washington State Department of Transportation.

1. SB 6073 - Concerning sales and use taxes related to the state route number 16 corridor improvements project.
2. SSB 5250 - Concerning the design-build procedure for certain projects.

Ways & Means* -  01/12/12  3:30 pm