Location

Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

REVISED 2/4/2026 6:09 PM

Public Hearing

1. SB 6294 - Providing local governments tax resources and fund flexibility. (Remote Testimony Available). - Testify
2. SSB 5400 - Supporting local news journalism. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote Testimony Available). - Testify
3. SB 6211 - Creating uniformity for the process by which cities planning under the growth management act implement real estate excise taxes. (Remote Testimony Available). - Testify
4. SB 5650 - Authorizing a local excise tax on cannabis. (Remote Testimony Available). - Testify
5. SB 6033 - Providing a limited waiver of interest and penalties for taxpayers inadvertently failing to collect and remit sales and use taxes on select services. (Remote Testimony Available). - Testify
6. SB 6297 - Making temporary staffing services provided to nonprofit behavioral health entities exempt from retail sales tax. (Remote Testimony Available). - Testify
7. SB 6343 - Providing tax relief to Washington residents impacted by the atmospheric river and winter weather event. (Remote Testimony Available). - Testify
8. SSB 6070 - Supporting the recovery of missing persons. (Remote Testimony Available). - Testify
9. SSB 5853 - Protecting elected officials from political violence by creating the statewide emergency public official notification system. (Remote Testimony Available). - Testify
10. SB 6067 - Concerning workers' compensation benefits. (Remote Testimony Available). - Testify
11. SSB 5847 - Concerning access to medical care in workers' compensation. (Remote Testimony Available). - Testify
12. SSB 5974 - Modernizing and strengthening laws concerning sheriffs, police chiefs, town marshals, law enforcement agency volunteers, youth cadets, specially commissioned officers, and police matrons. (Remote Testimony Available). - Testify
13. SSB 5981 - Protecting patient access to discounted medications and health care services through Washington's health care safety net by preventing manufacturer limitations on the 340B drug pricing program. (Remote Testimony Available). - Testify
14. SB 6082 - Safeguarding student financial aid from fraud. (Remote Testimony Available). - Testify
15. SB 6323 - Concerning medical insurance premium reimbursements for surviving spouses of line of duty deaths. (Remote Testimony Available). - Testify
16. SB 6324 - Including standby pay as basic salary in the law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system plan 2. (Remote Testimony Available). - Testify
17. SB 5862 - Providing a cost-of-living adjustment for plan 1 retirees of the teachers' retirement system and public employees' retirement system. (Remote Testimony Available). - Testify
18. SSB 6117 - Concerning collective bargaining for employees not covered by the national labor relations act. (Remote Testimony Available). - Testify
19. SSB 6045 - Placing agricultural employees under the jurisdiction of the public employment relations commission for the purpose of collective bargaining. (Remote Testimony Available). - Testify
20. SSB 5176 - Implementing prompt pay recommendations from the capital projects advisory review board. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote Testimony Available). - Testify
21. SSB 5901 - Providing school construction assistance program facilities support for on-base schools. (Remote Testimony Available). - Testify
22. SSB 5681 - Concerning the age at which clients of the home and community living administration may receive employment and community inclusion services. (Remote Testimony Available). - Testify
23. SSB 6026 - Concerning residential development in commercial and mixed-use zones. (Remote Testimony Available). - Testify
24. SSB 5906 - Establishing data and personal safety protections within areas of public accommodation for all Washington residents. (Remote Testimony Available). - Testify
25. 2SSB 5387 - Concerning the corporate practice of health care. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote Testimony Available). - Testify
26. SSB 5968 - Improving regulatory efficiency by integrating executive order 25-03, concerning permitting and licensing processes, into chapter 43.42A RCW. (Remote Testimony Available). - Testify
27. SSB 5911 - Strengthening the financial stability of persons in the care of the department of children, youth, and families. (Remote Testimony Available). - Testify
28. SSB 5965 - Reducing environmental impacts associated with bags provided to customers at retail establishments. (Remote Testimony Available). - Testify
29. SSB 5971 - Establishing a green fertilizer incentive program to support the production and adoption of low-carbon nitrogen fertilizer in Washington state. (Remote Testimony Available). - Testify
30. SSB 6017 - Supporting crime victims and witnesses by promoting victim-centered, trauma-informed responses. (Remote Testimony Available). - Testify
31. SSB 6239 - Requiring arbitration for tort claims against the state of Washington and its subdivisions. (Remote Testimony Available). - Testify
32. SSB 6035 - Ensuring access to voting services for military, overseas, Native American, and disabled voters. (Remote Testimony Available). - Testify

Executive Session

1. SB 5923 - Concerning critical access hospital designations in Skagit county.
2. SB 6151 - Concerning dedicated accounts for fees collected for the implementation of environmental programs.

Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules