Senate Committees

Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development -  01/31/13  10:00 am

1. Report by the Walla Walla Watershed Management Partnership.
2. Status report on federal funding of Washington State University Agricultural Research programs.

Energy, Environment & Telecommunications* -  01/31/13  1:30 pm

1. Tri-Cities Mid-Columbia Energy Initiative (MCEI).
2. Accelerating Innovation in the Energy Sector: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
3. Small modular reactors and overview of Columbia Generating Station: Energy Northwest.

1. SB 5098 - Regarding wireless communications structures.
2. SB 5154 - Exempting from business and occupation tax certain amounts received by cooperative finance organizations.

Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance* -  01/31/13  1:30 pm

1. SB 5065 - Regulating the settling of certain insurer transactions.
2. SB 5168 - Removing the insurance premium tax credit under the Washington insurance guaranty association act.
3. SB 5008 - Addressing portable electronics insurance (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute).
4. SB 5208 - Addressing fees and semiannual assessments, powers, lending limits, and technical amendments related to state-chartered banks, savings banks, savings associations, and trust companies.
5. SB 5344 - Revising state statutes concerning trusts.

Governmental Operations -  01/31/13  10:00 am

1. SB 5257 - Modifying time frames applicable to certain public disclosure commission requirements.
2. SB 5258 - Aggregating the cost of related ballot measure advertisements for purposes of top five sponsor identification requirements.

1. SB 5002 - Concerning mosquito control districts.
2. SB 5025 - Providing that a proclamation of a state of emergency is effective upon the governor's signature.
3. SB 5257 - Modifying time frames applicable to certain public disclosure commission requirements.
4. SB 5110 - Regarding local government purchasing.
5. SB 5258 - Aggregating the cost of related ballot measure advertisements for purposes of top five sponsor identification requirements.

Health Care* -  01/31/13  10:00 am

1. SB 5144 - Modifying medical assistant provisions.
2. SB 5148 - Allowing for redistribution of medications under certain conditions.
3. SB 5215 - Providing that health care professional licensees may not be required to participate in any public or private third-party reimbursement program. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.)

Higher Education* -  01/31/13  1:30 pm

1. Public baccalaureate institutions.
2. Community and technical colleges.
3. Private and independent institutions.

Human Services & Corrections* -  01/31/13  10:00 am

1. SB 5105 - Asserting conditions under which the department of corrections provides rental vouchers to a registered sex offender (Hearing is on the proposed substitute).
2. SB 5140 - Limiting alternatives to confinement for certain offenders who violate terms of community custody.
3. SB 5177 - Creating an office of corrections ombuds.
4. SB 5175 - Concerning sexual assault protection orders.

Natural Resources & Parks* -  01/31/13  1:30 pm

1. SB 5212 - Expanding membership of the Washington state horse park authority.
2. SB 5137 - Concerning department of fish and wildlife license suspensions.
3. SB 5081 - Regarding unlawful trade in shark fins.

Trade & Economic Development -  01/31/13  8:00 am

Transportation* -  01/31/13  3:30 pm

1. SB 5141 - Allowing motorcycles to stop and proceed through traffic control signals under certain conditions.
2. SB 5142 - Incorporating motorcycles into certain transportation planning.
3. SB 5143 - Limiting mandatory motorcycle helmet use to persons under the age of eighteen.
4. SB 5263 - Concerning motorcycles overtaking and passing pedestrians and bicyclists.

Ways & Means* -  01/31/13  3:30 pm

1. Corrections Overview.
2. Criminal Justice Trends and Cost Effectiveness.
3. Agency key issues and recommendations.
4. Stakeholders - key issues and recommendations.
5. Fiscal Impact of State Tort Liability.