CAAA 2024 Legislative Update - Week 6

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February 16, 2024

2024 Legislative Update Week 6

Twenty days remain in this session: Three cutoffs have since passed and a number of bills didn't make the cut. Session isn't just about bills: supplemental spending budgets are also crafted and passed. Many state programs depend upon funding from the legislature that help citizens survive, fund our schools, colleges and infrastructure projects.

Scheduled for Monday, February 19th is African American Legislative Day at the State Capitol in Olympia. Come lobby your representatives and consider testifying on a bill in a committee.

Senate Bill 5850, if passed, would support students who are chronically absent and at risk for not graduating high school. It is still moving through the legislative process and will have a hearing open to public comment Monday, February 19 in House Education committee at 1:30 PM.

House Bill 1541, if passed, will increase access and representation in the policy-making process for people with direct, lived experience. As many underrepresented populations are left out of the decisions that affect them most, the bill would ensure historically underrepresented communities have a seat at the table. Currently, this bill has passed out of its chamber of origin, so it will be safe from Wednesday's cutoff. However, the momentum will need to continue on the Senate side: the bill needs a vote out of the State Government & elections committee.

Communicate your concerns, opinions, support or opposition with your elected representatives by email, phone or via the Legislative Hotline at 1-800-562-6000. Links to our website or the Legislature's website hold a wealth of useful information also.

Find our more about the legislative process: Click here for online classes and tutorials, how to testifying in a committee, submitting written testimony, and getting your support or opposition about a bill into the legislative record.

House Bills

Bill #	Bill Description	Sponsor
HB 1045	Creating the Evergreen Basic Income Pilot program. Current status: Died in House Appropriations	Berry
SHB 1075	Expanding eligibility for the working families' tax credit to everyone age 18 and older Current status: Died in House Appropriations committee. Companion bill: SB 5249 died in Senate Ways & Means	Thai
SHB 1094	Creating the Washington future fund program. Current Status: Died in House Appropriations committee. Companion bill: SSB 5125 died in Senate Ways & Means	Stonier
SHB 1095	Creating a wage replacement program for certain Washington workers excluded from unemployment insurance. Current Status: Died in House Appropriations. Companion bill: SSB 5109 died in Senate Ways & Means	Walen
E2SHB 1320	Concerning access to personnel records. Current status: House Rules committee. Companion bill: SSB 5061 died in Senate Ways & Means	Kurderer
HB 1473	Investing in Washington families and creating a more fair tax system by enacting a narrowly tailored property tax on extreme wealth derived from the ownership of stocks, bonds, and other financial intangible property. Current status: Died in House Finance committee. Companion bill: SB 5486 died in Senate Ways & Means	Thai
2E2SHB 1541	Establishing the nothing about us without us act. Current status: Public hearing scheduled Friday, February 16 in House to Senate State Government & Elections committee at 8:00 AM. Companion bill: SB 5616 died in Senate State Govt. committee.	Farivar
ESHB 1862	Providing tax exemptions for the assistance of disabled veterans and members of the armed forces of the United States of America. Current status: Passed House. Heading to Senate	Leavitt
HB 1865	Modifying enforcement of motor vehicle liability insurance and fiscal responsibilities. Current status: Died in Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry committee	Christian
SHB 1870	Promoting economic development by increasing opportunities for local communities to secure federal funding. Current status: Public hearing scheduled Tuesday, February 20 in Senate Business, Financial & Gaming committee	Barnard
HB 1873	Concerning office of public defense social service workers for parents in child welfare cases. Current status: Died in Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning committee	Ortiz-Self
HB 1874	Protecting consumers from predatory loans. Current status: Died in House Consumer Protection & Business committee. Companion bill: SSB 6025 needs a vote out of House Consumer Protection & Business committee	Walen
HB 1884	Concerning coverage of prescription drugs for advanced metastatic cancer. Current status: Died in Health Care & Wellness committee. Companion bill: SB 5814 died in Senate Health & Long-Term Care committee.	Harris
SHB 1889	Allowing persons to receive professional licenses and certifications regardless of immigration or citizenship status. Current status: Public hearing scheduled Monday, February 19 in Senate Labor & Commerce committee at 10:30 AM	Walen
HB 1891	Maintaining the safety of children when a parent has a substance use disorder. Current status: Died in Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning committee	Eslick
SHB 1892	Concerning the workforce housing accelerator program. Current status: Needs a vote out of Senate Housing committee	Leavitt
HB 1895	Modifying the working families' tax credit by clarifying the refundable nature of the credit, the application requirements, and the eligibility verification process. Current status: Appears dead. Did not pass before House of Origin cutoff. Companion bill: SB 5839 died in Senate Ways & Means committee.	Thai
SHB 1905	Including protected classes in the Washington equal pay and opportunities act. Current status: Needs a vote out of Senate Labor & Commerce committee. Companion bill: SSB 5894 died in Senate Rules committee	Mena
SHB 1911	Concerning activities in which the office of public defense may engage without violating the prohibition on providing direct representation of clients. Current status: Needs a vote out of Senate Law & Justice committee. Companion bill: SB 5914 died in Senate Law & Justice committee	Taylor
SHB 1914	Improving the education of students with varying abilities by enhancing special education services. Current status: Died in House Appropriations committee	Couture
SHB 1915	Making financial education instruction a graduation prerequisite and a required component of public education. Current status: Passed to Senate Early Learning & K-12 committee. Companion bill: SB 5819 died in committee	Rude
SHB 1916	Concerning funding for the early support for infants and toddlers program. Current status: Passed Senate Early Learning & K-12 committee. Companion bill: SB 5933 died in Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education committee	Senn
HB 1918	Limiting the annual percentage rate for payday lending to 36 percent and making other modifications to small loans under the payday lending laws. Current status: Died in House Consumer Protection & business committee	Ryu
HB 1922	Establishing a grant program for the purchase and installation of vape detectors in public schools. Current status: Died in House Appropriations committee	Couture
HB 1930	Obtaining and sharing investigative information and aligning provisions with current operations and practices of the office of independent investigations. Current status: Died in House Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry committee	Entenman
HB 1931	Addressing financial aid grants for incarcerated students. Current status: Died in Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry committee	Leavitt
HB 1938	Increasing the accessibility of academic reengagement opportunities for eligible students. Current status: Died in House Education committee	Shavers
SHB 1940	Protecting the rights of workers to refrain from attending meetings or listening to their employer's speech on political or religious matters. Current status: Appears to have died in House Rules. Companion bill: ESSB 5778 in needs a vote out of House Labor & Workplace Standards committee	Fosse
2SHB 1941	Providing for health home services for Medicaid-eligible children with medically complex conditions. Current status: Passed. Public hearing scheduled Tuesday, February 20 in Senate Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM	Couture
HB 1944	Establishing a running start for the trades grant program. Current status: Died in House Education committee	Orwall
SHB 1945	Streamlining and enhancing program access for persons eligible for food assistance. Current status: Public hearing in Senate Early Learning & K-12 committee Monday, February 19 at 1:30 PM	Alvarado
HB 1950	Concerning the public service loan forgiveness program. Current status: Senate Rules committee. Companion bill: SB 6035 also in Senate Rules	Slatter
SHB 1953	Improving access to department of licensing issued documents by clarifying the application requirements for a minor, modifying the requirements for at-cost identicards, and studying the feasibility of reduced-fee identicards. Current status: Appears dead. Did not pass chamber before House of Origin cutoff. Companion bill: SB 5800 Needs a vote out of House Transportation committee	Entenman
E2SHB 1956	Addressing fentanyl and other substance use prevention education. Current status: Needs a vote out of Senate Early Learning & K-12 committee. Companion bill: SB 5923 died in Senate Ways & Means committee	Leavitt
HB 1962	Improving voter registration list accuracy by improving voter address change processes for county election offices and voters. Current status: Needs a vote out of Senate State Government committee	Low
HB 1967	Excluding any person who is convicted of a hit and run resulting in death from being eligible for a first-time offender waiver. Current status: Heard in Senate Law & Justice. Needs a vote out of committee	Jacobsen
HB 1969	Expanding the definition of family member for individual providers. Current status: Appears to have died in House Rules. Companion bill: SB 5811 scheduled for public hearing in House Health Care & Wellness Tuesday, February 20 at 1:30 PM	Alvarado
HB 1983	Concerning the criminal justice treatment account. Current status: Pubic hearing scheduled for Tuesday, February 20 in Senate Ways & Means committee at 4:00 PM	Simmons
HB 1988	Establishing the customer voice council. Current status: Died in House Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning committee. Companion bill: SB 5889 heard in House Human Services. Needs a vote out of committee	Simmons
SHB 1989	Creating a graffiti abatement and reduction program. Current status: Public hearing scheduled Tuesday, February 20 in Senate Transportation at 4:00 PM	Barkis
SHB 1991	Concerning paid sick leave. Current status: Appears to have died in House Rules. Companion bill: ESSB 5793 needs a vote out of House Labor & Workplace Standards committee	Fosse
HB 2005	Including weighted grade point averages on high school transcripts. Current status: Died in House Education committee	McClintock
SHB 2007	Expanding time limit exemptions applicable to cash assistance programs. Current status: Public hearing scheduled Monday, February 19 in Senate Human Services committee at 10:30 AM	Peterson
SHB 2008	Creating a task force on housing cost driver analysis. Current status: Substitute died in House Appropriations committee	Klicker
HB 2010	Keeping children safe from family violence. Current status: Died in House Civil Rights & Judiciary committee	Rule
SHB 2012	Concerning eligibility for a property tax exemption for nonprofits providing affordable rental housing built with city and county funds. Current status: Heard in Senate Housing. Needs a vote out of committee	Street
SHB 2015	Concerning incentivizing adult family homes to increase bed capacity to seven or eight beds. Current status: Needs a vote out of Senate Health & Long Term Care	Senn
HB 2016	Allowing certain minors to contract for housing and utilities. Current status: Died in House Civil Rights & Judiciary committee	McClintock
HB 2029	Concerning opioid overdose reversal medication in high schools. Current status: Died in House Education committee. Companion bill: SSB 5804 needs a vote out of House Education committee	Rule
HB 2033	Creating a rent relief incentive program. Current status: Died in House Housing committee	Cheney
HB 2047	Allowing employers to screen candidates for cannabis use when hiring for certain positions involving services to persons with substance use disorder. Current status: Died in House Labor & Workplace Standards committee	Dent
SHB 2052	Increasing the availability of baby diaper changing stations. Current status: Appears to have died in House Rules	Callan
HB 2053	Establishing the ninth grade success grant program. Current status: Died in House Appropriations committee	Stonier
HB 2058	Increasing student access to free meals served at public schools. Current status: Appears to have died in House Appropriations. Companion bill: SB 5964 died in Senate Early Learning committee	Riccelli
HB 2064	Providing for an exemption from the real estate excise tax for transfers of property to qualifying low-income first-time homebuyers. Current status: Died in House Finance committee	Wylie
2SHB 2065	Recalculating sentencing ranges for currently incarcerated individuals whose offender score was increased by juvenile convictions. Current status: Public hearing scheduled Monday, February 19 in Senate Law & Justice committee at 10:30 AM. Companion bill: SB 5971 died in Senate Law & Justice	Stearns
SHB 2075	Concerning licensing of Indian health care providers as establishments. Current status: Heard in Senate Health & Long Term Care. Needs a vote out of committee	Lekanoff
SHB 2076	Addressing crimes involving human trafficking or sexual exploitation. Current status: Appears to have died in House Rules. Companion bill: SB 6057 died in Senate Law & Justice committee	Orwall
HB 2077	Concerning participation in the Washington Guaranteed Admissions program. Current status: Died in House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Committee	Reed
HB 2078	Improving school safety by extending and increasing penalties for interference by, or intimidation by threat of, force or violence at schools and school-related athletic activities. Current status: Died in House Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry committee
SHB 2079	Improving school safety by extending and increasing penalties for interference by, or intimidation by threat of, force or violence at schools and athletic activities. Current status: Passed to Senate Early Learning & K-12 committee	Schmidt
SHB 2081	Regulating home equity sharing agreements under the consumer loan act. Current status: Appears to have died in House Rules. Companion bill: ESSB 5968 public hearing Tuesday, February 20 in House Consumer Protection committee at 1:30 PM	Hackney
HB 2083	Making modifications to small loans under payday lending laws. Current status: Died in House Consumer Protection & Business committee	Ryu
SHB 2086	Updating processes of the office of independent investigations by changing authority to obtain and share investigative information and aligning with current operations and practices. Current status: Public hearing Friday, February 16 in Senate Law & Justice committee at 1:30 PM. Companion bill: SB 6207 died in Senate Law & Justice	Entenman
SHB 2097	Assisting workers in recovering wages owed. Current status: Needs a vote out of Senate Labor & Commerce committee	Berry
HB 2110	Reorganizing statutory requirements governing high school graduation. Current status: Needs a vote out of Senate Early Learning & K-12 committee.	Nance
2SHB 2112	Concerning opioid and fentanyl prevention education and awareness at institutions of higher education. Current status: Needs a vote out of Senate Higher Education committee	Nance
HB 2121	Concerning the burden of proof for special education due process hearings. Current status: Died in House Education committee. Companion bill: SB 5883 needs a vote out of House Education committee	Taylor
HB 2133	Designating trespassing on a public school bus as a felony offense. Current status: Died in House Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry. Companion bill: ESSB 5891 public hearing scheduled Monday, February 19 in House Community Safety committee at 1:30 PM	Klicker
HB 2145	Concerning medically necessary treatment of a mental health or substance use disorder. Current status: Died in House Health Care & Wellness committee	Simmons
HB 2154	Modifying the definition of persistent offender to exclude convictions for offenses committed by someone under the age of 18 and providing for resentencing. Current status: Died in House Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry committee. Companion bill: SB 6063appears to have died in Senate Rules	Reeves
HB 2196	Concerning alcohol concentration. Current status: Died in House Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry committee	Donaghy
SHB 2226	Requires the Employment Security Department to collect certain data about H-2A workers when conducting field checks and field visits. Current status: Needs a vote out of Senate Labor and Commerce committee. Companion bill: SSB 5996 in Senate Rules	Ortiz-Self
HB 2282	Identifying African American studies curricula for students in grades seven through 12. Current status: Died in House Education committee. Companion bill: SB 6275 died in Early Learning committee	Morgan
SHB 2309	Expanding eligibility for the working families' tax credit to everyone age 18 and older. Current status: Appears to have died in House Appropriations	Bergquist

Senate Bills

Bill #	Bill Description	Sponsor
SB 5059	Concerning prejudgment interest. Current status: Died in Senate Ways & Means	Kuderer
SSB 5171	Addressing consumer gender discrimination. Current status: Appears to have died in Senate Rules. Companion bill: HB 1152 died in House consumer Protection committee	Dhingra
SB 5782	Evaluating the provision of right to counsel services. Current status: Died in Senate Law & Justice committee	Torres
SB 5783	Mitigating the consumer impacts of the climate commitment act by creating greater administrability of emissions exemptions and improving the transparency and business practices under the act. Current status: Died in Senate Environment, Energy & Technology committee. Companion bill: HB 1887 died in House Environment & Energy committee	Mullet
ESSB 5793	Concerning paid sick leave. Current status: Needs a vote out of House Labor & Workplace Standards committee. Companion bill: SHB 1991 appears to have died in House Rules	Saldaña
SSB 5804	Concerning opioid overdose reversal medication in high schools. Current status: Needs a vote out of House Education committee. Companion bill: H B 2029 died in House Education committee	Kuderer
SB 5805	Developing a schedule for court appointment of attorneys for children and youth in dependency and termination proceedings. Current status: Needs a vote out of House Civil Rights & Judiciary committee	Frame
SB 5807	Concerning housing authorities. Current status: Appears to have died in Senate Rules. Companion bill: HB 1890 needs a vote out of Senate Housing	Frame
SSB 5809	Concerning enrichment funding for charter public schools. Current status: Died in Senate Ways and Means committee. Companion bill: HB 1897 appears to have died in House Appropriations	Mullet
SB 5830	Establishing the Washington state commission on boys and men. Current status: Died in Senate State Government & Elections committee. Companion bill: HB 1270 died in House State Govt. committee	Lovick
E2SSB 5838	Establishing an artificial intelligence task force. Current status: Public hearing scheduled in House Consumer Protection committee Tuesday, February 20 at 1:30 PM. Companion bill: 2SHB 1934 appears to have died in House Rules	Nguyen
SSB 5841	Requiring individuals convicted of offenses related to driving under the influence to pay financial support to minor children and dependents when the offense results in the death or disability of a parent. Current status: Needs a hearing in House Community Safety, Justice & Reentry committee
ESSB 5850	Supporting students who are chronically absent and at risk for not graduating high school. Current status: Passed House. Public hearing scheduled Monday, February 19 in House Education committee at 1:30 PM. Companion bill: HB 2146 died in House Education committee	Braun
SSB 5853	Extending the crisis relief center model to provide behavioral health crisis services for minors. Current status: Scheduled for a public hearing Tuesday, February 20 in House Human Services committee at 1:30 PM.	Dhingra
SB 5865	Concerning the custody of a child when a parent has a history of domestic violence. Current status: Died in committee	Fortunato
SSB 5873	Providing adequate and predictable student transportation. Current status: Passed Senate to House Appropriations	Wellman
SSB 5882	Increasing prototypical school staffing to better meet student needs. Current status: Passed Senate to House Appropriations. Companion bill: HB 1960 appears to have died in House Rules	Stanford
SB 5883	Concerning the burden of proof for special education due process hearings. Current status: Needs a vote out of House Education committee. Companion bill: HB 2121 died in House Education committee	Trudeau
SSB 5888	Concerning statewide health care coordination and communication regarding individuals housed in confinement settings. Current status: Died in Senate Ways and Means. Companion bill: HB 2314 died in House Health Care & Wellness committee	Wilson, C.
SSB 5894	Including protected classes in the Washington equal pay and opportunities act. Current status: Appears to have died in Senate Rules. Companion bill: SHB 1905 now in Senate Commerce and Labor. Needs a vote out of committee	Nobles
SB 5895	Concerning collective bargaining for certain employees who are enrolled in academic programs at public institutions of higher education. Current status: Died in Senate Ways & Means committee	Nobles
SB 5896	Extending the terms of eligibility for financial aid programs. Current status: Died in committee	Nobles
SB 5904	Extending the terms of eligibility for financial aid programs. Current status: Heard in House Postsecondary Education committee. Needs a vote out of committee	Nobles
SB 5905	Concerning certification, background checks, and training requirements for sheriffs, police chiefs, marshals, reserve officers, and volunteers. Current status: Died in Senate Law & Justice committee. Companion bill: HB 2027 died in House Community Safety committee	Lovick
SSB 5912	Concerning reentry services and supports. Current status: Died in Senate Ways & Means committee	Wilson, C.
SB 5927	Concerning authorization of tear gas deployment by sheriffs. Current status: Died in committee	Padden
SB 5930	Making modifications to small loans under payday lending laws. Current status: Died in committee	Stanford
SB 5933	Concerning funding for the early support for infants and toddlers program. Current status: Died in committee. Companion bill: SHB 1916 passed to Senate Early Learning & K-12 committee. Needs a hearing	Frame
SB 5941	Clarifying requirements for subsidized child care. Current status: Appears to have died in Senate Rules. Companion bill: HB 2111 Needs a vote out of Senate K-12 Early Learning committee	Wilson, C.
SSB 5953	Concerning financial aid grants for incarcerated students. Current status: Needs a vote out of House Postsecondary education & Workforce committee	Wilson, C.
SB 5986	Protecting consumers from out-of-network health care services charges. Current status: Needs a vote out of House Health Care & Wellness committee. Companion bill: HB 2285 died in House Health Care & Wellness	Cleveland
SSB 6025	Protecting consumers from predatory loans. Current status: Needs a vote out of House Consumer Protection & Business committee. Companion Bill: SHB 1874 died in House Consumer Protection committee	Stanford
SB 6044	Concerning Juvenile access to an attorney. Current status: Died in committee	Fortunato
SB 6045	Concerning School District Efficiencies and consolidation. Current status: Died in committee	Hunt
SB 6046	Suspending the statute of limitation for childhood sexual abuse claims against bankruptcy estates of certain organizations. Current status: Died in Senate Law & Justice committee	Braun
SSB 6053	Improving equitable access to postsecondary education. Current status: Needs a vote out of House Postsecondary Education & Workforce committee. Companion Bill: HB 2443 died in committee	Holy
SB 6064	Concerning moneys collected by a landlord as fees, deposit, or security for pets. Current status: Died in committee	Hansen
SB 6069	Improving retirement security for Washingtonians by establishing Washington saves, an automatic enrollment individual retirement savings account program and updating the Washington retirement marketplace statute. Current status: Passed to House Consumer Protection & Business committee. Needs a hearing. Companion Bill: HB 2244 died in committee	Mullet
SB 6076	Granting local taxing authority to fund criminal justice. Current status: Died in Senate Ways & Means	Keiser
SB 6082	Increasing compensation for Washington paraeducators. Current status: Died in committee. Companion bill: HB 2380 died in House Appropriations	Nobles

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