Senate Committees

Early Learning & K-12 Education -  02/25/13  9:00 am

1. The Road Map Project.
2. The CyberPatriot Program.

Energy, Environment & Telecommunications* -  02/28/13  8:00 am

1. Briefing on Hanford Waste Treatment Plant and Vitrification.

Higher Education -  02/25/13  9:00 am

1. SGA 9051 - Darrell S Mitsunaga, Member, Board of Trustees, Technical College District #26 (Lake Washington).
2. SGA 9038 - Stephen W Vincent, Member, Board of Trustees, Community College District No. 13 (Lower Columbia College).
3. SGA 9006 - Bob Bolerjack, Member, Board of Trustees, Community College District No. 5 (Everett Community College).
4. SGA 9010 - Lisa Chin, Member, Board of Trustees, College District No. 8 (Bellevue College).
5. SGA 9016 - Anna C Franz, Member, Board of Trustees, Community College District No. 18 (Big Bend Community College).

1. SGA 9002 - Mark Asmundson, Member, Board of Trustees, Technical College District #25 (Bellingham)
2. SGA 9004 - Gregory D Bever, Member, Board of Trustees, Community College District No. 17 (Spokane and Spokane Falls Community Colleges)
3. SGA 9006 - Bob Bolerjack, Member, Board of Trustees, Community College District No. 5 (Everett Community College)
4. SGA 9008 - Rebecca Chaffee, Member, Board of Trustees, Community College District No. 2 (Grays Harbor College)
5. SGA 9009 - Beverly J Cheney, Member, Board of Trustees, Community College District No. 3 (Olympic Community College)
6. SGA 9010 - Lisa Chin, Member, Board of Trustees, College District No. 8 (Bellevue College)
7. SGA 9013 - James Cunningham, Member, Board of Trustees, Technical College District #25 (Bellingham)
8. SGA 9014 - Joseph Dolezal, Member, Board of Trustees, Community College District No. 12 (Centralia College)
9. SGA 9016 - Anna C Franz, Member, Board of Trustees, Community College District No. 18 (Big Bend Community College)
10. SGA 9024 - Dwayne Johnson, Member, Board of Trustees, Community College District No. 1 (Peninsula College)
11. SGA 9026 - Charles Robinson, Member, Board of Trustees, Community College District No. 21 (Whatcom Community College)
12. SGA 9027 - Barbara Rofkar, Member, Board of Trustees, Community College District No. 21 (Whatcom Community College)
13. SGA 9029 - Robert M Ryan, Member, Board of Trustees, Community College District No. 22 (Tacoma Community College)
14. SGA 9030 - Miguel Sanchez, Member, Board of Trustees, Community College District No. 20 (Walla Walla Community College)
15. SGA 9031 - Karen Seinfeld, Member, Board of Trustees, Technical College District #28, (Bates)
16. SGA 9036 - Brian Unti, Member, Board of Trustees, Technical College District #27 (Renton)
17. SGA 9038 - Stephen W Vincent, Member, Board of Trustees, Community College District No. 13 (Lower Columbia College)
18. SGA 9041 - Emily Yim, Member, Board of Trustees, Community College District No. 23 (Edmonds Community College)
19. SGA 9043 - Lynette D Jones, Member, Board of Trustees, Technical College District #26 (Lake Washington Institute of Technology)
20. SGA 9045 - Mark P Martinez, Member, Board of Trustees, Technical College District #29 (Clover Park)
21. SGA 9051 - Darrell S Mitsunaga, Member, Board of Trustees, Technical College District #26 (Lake Washington)
22. SGA 9053 - Roger Olstad, Member, Board of Trustees, Community College District No. 7 (Shoreline Community College)
23. SGA 9058 - Calvin Pearson, Member, Board of Trustees, Technical College District #28, (Bates)

Law & Justice -  02/27/13  8:30 am

1. Review of Washington State Bar Association governance.
2. Briefing on the 2013 - 2015 Judicial Agency budget.

Transportation* -  02/25/13  2:00 pm

1. SB 5793 - Concerning the funding of enhanced public transportation zones for public transportation systems (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute).
2. SB 5264 - Concerning the transportation and storage of certain explosive devices (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute).

1. SB 5088 - Concerning the equal distribution of votes within certain taxing districts.
2. SB 5591 - Concerning confidential license plates, drivers' licenses, identicards, and vessel registrations.
3. ESB 5616 - Concerning the use of farm vehicles on public highways.
4. SB 5743 - Modifying the use of revenue from automated school bus safety camera infractions.
5. SB 5761 - Concerning outdoor advertising sign fees, labels, and prohibitions.
6. SB 5775 - Allowing for a veteran designation on drivers' licenses and identicards.

Transportation* -  02/26/13  1:30 pm

1. SB 5846 - Requiring the evaluation of options to mitigate the effect of tolling Interstate 90 west of Interstate 405 on certain residents.
2. SB 5849 - Concerning electric vehicle charging stations (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute).
3. SB 5858 - Modifying certain requirements for ferry vessel construction.
4. SB 5854 - Addressing debt service from the Tacoma Narrows toll bridge account.

1. SB 5164 - Concerning farm vehicles that are exempt from vehicle registration.
2. SB 5264 - Concerning the transportation and storage of certain explosive devices.
3. SB 5592 - Modifying the use of certain toll bridge revenue.
4. SB 5785 - Modifying requirements for the display and replacement of license plates.

Transportation -  02/26/13  3:30 pm

Transportation* -  02/27/13  2:00 pm

1. SB 5773 - Concerning local option transportation revenue.
2. SB 5849 - Concerning electric vehicle charging stations.

Transportation* -  02/27/13  3:30 pm

Transportation* -  02/28/13  1:30 pm

Transportation* -  03/01/13  1:30 pm

Transportation* -  03/01/13  3:30 pm

Ways & Means* -  02/25/13  2:00 pm

1. SB 5856 - Creating a defined contribution retirement plan for public employees.
2. SSB 5213 - Concerning prescription review for medicaid managed care enrollees.
3. SB 5679 - Improving the business climate and stimulating job creation by requiring certain agencies to establish a formal review process of existing rules.
4. SB 5792 - Concerning health care services for inmates in city, county, and regional jails.
5. SSB 5251 - Exempting certain manufacturing research and development activities from business and occupation taxation.
6. SSB 5382 - Promoting economic development through tax relief for start-up firms.
7. SSB 5109 - Creating a business and occupation tax credit for new businesses.
8. SSB 5315 - Implementing the recommendations made by the Powell fatality team.
9. SSB 5389 - Concerning sibling visitation and sibling contact for children in foster care.
10. SB 5089 - Allowing certain health care coverage deductions from the calculation of disposable income for the purpose of qualifying for senior property tax programs.
11. SB 5453 - Extending the expiration date of tax exemptions for honey beekeepers.
12. SB 5249 - Creating a business and occupation tax credit for hiring certain persons in manufacturing.
13. SB 5123 - Establishing a farm internship program.
14. SB 5759 - Concerning data collection and operational cost funding for the Washington state economic development commission.
15. SB 5765 - Promoting economic development through business and government streamlining projects.

Ways & Means -  02/25/13  3:30 pm

Ways & Means* -  02/26/13  1:30 pm

1. SB 5561 - Concerning the business and occupation taxation of dairy products.
2. SB 5647 - Requiring the department of revenue to publish their determinations.
3. SB 5831 - Providing a sales and use tax exemption for clay targets purchased by nonprofit gun clubs. (Hearing is on Proposed Substitute.)
4. SSB 5480 - Concerning mental health involuntary commitment laws.
5. SB 5691 - Concerning veterans' homes.
6. SSB 5732 - Concerning the adult behavioral health system in Washington state.
7. SB 5808 - Affirming centralized payroll services as nontaxable between affiliated companies.
8. SSB 5656 - Revising business licensing systems.
9. SSB 5680 - Promoting economic development by providing information to businesses. (Hearing is on Proposed Substitute).
10. SSB 5624 - Aligning high-demand secondary STEM or career and technical education programs with applied baccalaureate programs. (Hearing is on Proposed Substitute).
11. SB 5318 - Removing the one-year waiting period for veterans or active members of the military for purposes of eligibility for resident tuition.
12. SSB 5560 - Modifying job skills program provisions.
13. SB 5709 - Concerning a pilot program to demonstrate the feasibility of using densified biomass to heat public schools.
14. SB 5641 - Requiring the governor's signature on significant legislative rules.
15. SB 5717 - Addressing competitive contracting.
16. SJR 8205 - Amending the Constitution to require a two-thirds majority vote of the legislature to raise taxes.
17. SSB 5193 - Concerning large wild carnivore conflict management.
18. SSB 5219 - Retaining water resources to assure the vitality of local economies.
19. SSB 5243 - Establishing policies to support academic acceleration for high school students.
20. SSB 5365 - Increasing the capacity of school districts to recognize and respond to troubled youth.
21. SSB 5588 - Requiring an analysis of how school districts use school days.

1. SSB 5444 - Concerning the administration of taxes regarding publicly owned property.
2. SSB 5262 - Concerning the lodging tax.
3. SB 5454 - Concerning the testing of infants placed in out-of-home care whose human immunodeficiency virus is unknown.
4. SSB 5178 - Modifying organized retail theft provisions.

Ways & Means -  02/26/13  3:30 pm

Ways & Means* -  02/27/13  2:00 pm

1. SSB 5418 - Concerning county property tax levies.
2. SB 5851 - Creating a defined contribution retirement plan option for public employees.
3. SB 5843 - Strengthening the review of the legislature's goals for tax preferences by requiring that every new tax preference provide a statement of legislative intent and include an expiration date where applicable.
4. SB 5848 - Modifying the nonprofit tax exemption for qualifying blood, tissue, or blood and tissue banks.
5. SSB 5267 - Developing standardized prior authorization for medical and pharmacy management.
6. SSB 5199 - Concerning de facto changes in water rights for irrigation purposes that involved conversion to more efficient irrigation technologies.
7. SB 5424 - Concerning paint stewardship.
8. SB 5603 - Establishing the Washington coastal marine advisory council and the Washington marine resources advisory council.
9. SSB 5663 - Regarding derelict and abandoned vessels in state waters.
10. SSB 5802 - Developing recommendations to achieve the state's greenhouse gas emissions targets.
11. SSB 5519 - Concerning planning measures to provide long-term care services and supports needs of the aging population.
12. SB 5551 - Concerning competency to stand trial evaluations. (Hearing is on Proposed Substitute).
13. SB 5771 - Developing a risk assessment instrument for patients committed for involuntary treatment in Washington state.
14. SSB 5540 - Expanding opportunities to purchase health care coverage from out-of-state carriers.
15. SB 5065 - Regulating the settling of certain insurer transactions.
16. SB 5637 - Concerning primary election voters' pamphlets.
17. SSB 5791 - Supporting youth programs through agricultural fairs and the horse racing industry.
18. SSB 5689 - Concerning access to juvenile records. (Hearing is on Proposed Substitute).
19. SB 5813 - Supporting youth programs through agricultural fairs. (Hearing is on Proposed Substitute).

Ways & Means -  02/27/13  3:30 pm

Ways & Means* -  02/28/13  1:30 pm

1. SSB 5333 - Providing mental health first-aid training to teachers and educational staff.
2. SSB 5405 - Concerning extended foster care services.
3. SSB 5552 - Improving child support collections by requiring reporting of compensation and establishing an intercept program.
4. SSB 5105 - Addressing conditions under which the department of corrections provides rental vouchers to an offender.
5. SB 5293 - Extending the expiration dates of the local infrastructure financing tool program.
6. SSB 5644 - Concerning sales for resale by retail licensees of liquor.
7. SB 5154 - Exempting from business and occupation tax certain amounts received by cooperative finance organizations.
8. SB 5273 - Concerning the veterans innovation program and the use of moneys in the state lottery account.
9. SSB 5755 - Establishing a comprehensive initiative to increase learning opportunities and improve educational outcomes in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics through multiple strategies and statewide partnerships.
10. SSB 5794 - Concerning alternative learning experience courses.
11. SSB 5330 - Improving student achievement and student outcomes.
12. SSB 5215 - Concerning health care professionals contracting with public and private payors.
13. SSB 5595 - Concerning child care reform.
14. SB 5754 - Concerning integrated career learning opportunities and employment training for at-risk youth.
15. SB 5860 - Addressing legal proceedings by the attorney general on behalf of superior court judges.
16. SSB 5605 - Clarifying association health plans provisions.
17. SSB 5577 - Protecting public employees who act ethically and legally.
18. SB 5862 - Providing tax exemptions for mint growers and processors of propane or natural gas to distill mint oil.

1. SB 5691 - Concerning veterans' homes.
2. SSB 5213 - Concerning prescription review for medicaid managed care enrollees.
3. SB 5679 - Improving the business climate and stimulating job creation by requiring certain agencies to establish a formal review process of existing rules.
4. SB 5054 - Establishing a process for the acquisition of habitat and recreation lands by the state.
5. SSB 5193 - Concerning large wild carnivore conflict management.
6. SB 5716 - Requiring a summary of capital appropriations by legislative district to accompany each capital appropriations bill.
7. SB 5195 - Allowing nonprofit institutions recognized by the state of Washington to be eligible to participate in the state need grant program.
8. SB 5599 - Concerning the taxing authority of public facilities districts.
9. SB 5752 - Extending the expiration date of the existing business and occupation tax rate for the manufacture and wholesale of certain solar energy systems.
10. SB 5776 - Concerning interest rate and penalty provisions in the current use program.
11. SB 5627 - Concerning the taxation of commuter air carriers.
12. SSB 5109 - Creating a business and occupation tax credit for new businesses.
13. SSB 5689 - Concerning access to juvenile records.
14. SSB 5243 - Establishing policies to support academic acceleration for high school students.
15. SSB 5365 - Increasing the capacity of school districts to recognize and respond to troubled youth.
16. SB 5751 - Requiring an inventory of state fees.
17. SB 5804 - Addressing federal receipts reporting requirements.
18. SSB 5105 - Addressing conditions under which the department of corrections provides rental vouchers to an offender.
19. SB 5792 - Concerning health care services for inmates in city, county, and regional jails.
20. SB 5392 - Limiting the impact of excess compensation on state retirement system contribution rates.
21. SB 5811 - Addressing employee wellness programs.
22. SB 5851 - Creating a defined contribution retirement plan option for public employees.
23. SB 5717 - Addressing competitive contracting.
24. SB 5641 - Requiring the governor's signature on significant legislative rules.
25. SJR 8205 - Amending the Constitution to require a two-thirds majority vote of the legislature to raise taxes.

Ways & Means -  02/28/13  3:30 pm

Ways & Means* -  03/01/13  1:30 pm

1. SSB 5215 - Concerning health care professionals contracting with public and private payors.
2. SSB 5267 - Developing standardized prior authorization for medical and pharmacy management.
3. SSB 5644 - Concerning sales for resale by retail licensees of liquor.
4. SB 5622 - Concerning the taxation of large airplanes.
5. SSB 5418 - Concerning county property tax levies.
6. SSB 5656 - Revising business licensing systems.
7. SSB 5680 - Promoting economic development by providing information to businesses.
8. SSB 5251 - Exempting certain manufacturing research and development activities from business and occupation taxation.
9. SB 5154 - Exempting from business and occupation tax certain amounts received by cooperative finance organizations.
10. SB 5101 - Concerning a sales and use tax exemption for certain financial information provided to qualifying businesses providing international investment management services.
11. SSB 5688 - Simplifying definitions and classifications concerning state and local tax systems.
12. SSB 5329 - Assisting persistently lowest-achieving schools to become more accountable.
13. SSB 5755 - Establishing a comprehensive initiative to increase learning opportunities and improve educational outcomes in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics through multiple strategies and statewide partnerships.
14. SSB 5794 - Concerning alternative learning experience courses.
15. SSB 5330 - Improving student achievement and student outcomes.
16. SB 5860 - Addressing legal proceedings by the attorney general on behalf of superior court judges.
17. SSB 5605 - Clarifying association health plans provisions.
18. SSB 5577 - Protecting public employees who act ethically and legally.
19. SSB 5540 - Expanding opportunities to purchase health care coverage from out-of-state carriers.
20. SB 5637 - Concerning primary election voters' pamphlets.
21. SSB 5105 - Addressing conditions under which the department of corrections provides rental vouchers to an offender.
22. SB 5862 - Providing tax exemptions for mint growers and processors of propane or natural gas to distill mint oil.
23. SB 5806 - Repealing an obsolete provision for a credit against property taxes paid on timber on public land.
24. SB 5843 - Strengthening the review of the legislature's goals for tax preferences by requiring that every new tax preference provide a statement of legislative intent and include an expiration date where applicable.
25. SB 5831 - Providing a sales and use tax exemption for clay targets purchased by nonprofit gun clubs.
26. SSB 5389 - Concerning sibling visitation and sibling contact for children in foster care.
27. SSB 5315 - Implementing the recommendations made by the Powell fatality team.
28. SSB 5552 - Improving child support collections by requiring reporting of compensation and establishing an intercept program.
29. SSB 5405 - Concerning extended foster care services.
30. SB 5754 - Concerning integrated career learning opportunities and employment training for at-risk youth.
31. SB 5318 - Removing the one-year waiting period for veterans or active members of the military for purposes of eligibility for resident tuition.
32. SSB 5560 - Modifying job skills program provisions.
33. SB 5709 - Concerning a pilot program to demonstrate the feasibility of using densified biomass to heat public schools.
34. SSB 5199 - Concerning de facto changes in water rights for irrigation purposes that involved conversion to more efficient irrigation technologies.
35. SSB 5219 - Retaining water resources to assure the vitality of local economies.
36. SSB 5663 - Regarding derelict and abandoned vessels in state waters.
37. SSB 5624 - Aligning high-demand secondary STEM or career and technical education programs with applied baccalaureate programs.
38. SSB 5732 - Concerning the adult behavioral health system in Washington state.
39. SSB 5480 - Concerning mental health involuntary commitment laws.
40. SB 5551 - Concerning competency to stand trial evaluations.
41. SB 5453 - Extending the expiration date of tax exemptions for honey beekeepers.
42. SB 5561 - Concerning the business and occupation taxation of dairy products.
43. SB 5273 - Concerning the veterans innovation program and the use of moneys in the state lottery account.
44. SB 5123 - Establishing a farm internship program.
45. SB 5848 - Modifying the nonprofit tax exemption for qualifying blood, tissue, or blood and tissue banks.
46. SB 5613 - Providing that certain cover charges for the opportunity to dance are not considered retail sales.
47. SSB 5595 - Concerning child care reform.
48. SB 5138 - Creating a council on state debt.
49. SSB 5802 - Developing recommendations to achieve the state's greenhouse gas emissions targets.
50. SB 5603 - Establishing the Washington coastal marine advisory council and the Washington marine resources advisory council.
51. SB 5715 - Addressing the evasion of taxes by the use of certain electronic means.

Ways & Means -  03/01/13  3:30 pm