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• It is important for the community to have access to the food and to the pharmacy.
• It is important for the community to have access to the food and to the pharmacy.
• get to Aurora Avenue or having to go south to University Village or Wedgwood in my district to their
• to where we need to go right now.
• the aisle and get that to the final goal to what we need to get to our grid reliability.

Bills: SB6061 , SB6234 , SB6176 , SB6335 , SB6047 , HB2235 , HB2272 , HB2340 , HB2543 , HB2554 , HB2632 , HB2464 , HB2619 , HB1376 , HB1796 , HB2091 , HB2249 , HB2254 , HB2353 , HB2431 , HB2441 , SB5808 , SB5949 , SB6006 , SB6260 , SB6297 , SB6351 , SB6354 , SB6355 , HB2124 , HB1069 , HB2104 , HB2624

Keywords: tourism, self-supported assessment, funding, statewide promotion, economic development, sewage, grinder pumps, residential buildings, regulation, construction, vehicle registration, enforcement, renewal, transportation, state law, state commission, infrastructure, traffic safety, responsibilities, state capital projects

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• Give us the boldness and courage to stand in the tradition of the prophet Micah, to act justly, to love
• And this would have to conform to that. And, Mr.
• , and therefore we're not going to build it to use.
• So we've got to do more to electrify the fleet, and direct sales is one way to accomplish that.
• was going to force the Legislature to take action on.

Bills: SB6061 , SB6234 , SB6176 , SB6335 , SB6047 , HB2235 , HB2272 , HB2340 , HB2543 , HB2554 , HB2632 , HB2464 , HB2619 , HB1376 , HB1796 , HB2091 , HB2249 , HB2254 , HB2353 , HB2431 , HB2441 , SB5808 , SB5949 , SB6006 , SB6260 , SB6297 , SB6351 , SB6354 , SB6355 , HB2124 , HB1069 , HB2104 , HB2624

Keywords: tourism, self-supported assessment, funding, statewide promotion, economic development, sewage, grinder pumps, residential buildings, regulation, construction, vehicle registration, enforcement, renewal, transportation, state law, state commission, infrastructure, traffic safety, responsibilities, state capital projects

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• We continue to ask them to do things that we haven't had to deal with since 2003.
• We seem to pick and choose where we want to go.
• to the governor and to the Legislature.
• It pains me dearly to say we are going to caucus briefly before we are able to go home.
• It pains me dearly to say we are going to caucus briefly before we are able to go home.

Bills: SB6061 , SB6234 , SB6176 , SB6335 , SB6047 , HB2235 , HB2272 , HB2340 , HB2543 , HB2554 , HB2632 , HB2464 , HB2619 , HB1376 , HB1796 , HB2091 , HB2249 , HB2254 , HB2353 , HB2431 , HB2441 , SB5808 , SB5949 , SB6006 , SB6260 , SB6297 , SB6351 , SB6354 , SB6355 , HB2124 , HB1069 , HB2104 , HB2624

Keywords: tourism, self-supported assessment, funding, statewide promotion, economic development, sewage, grinder pumps, residential buildings, regulation, construction, vehicle registration, enforcement, renewal, transportation, state law, state commission, infrastructure, traffic safety, responsibilities, state capital projects

Summary: The Senate considered and passed several House bills. Substitute House Bill 2152, known as Ryan’s Law, would allow limited medical cannabis use for qualifying end-of-life patients in hospitals, nursing homes, and hospice facilities; supporters said it would improve quality of life, and it passed 46-2. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1604, dealing with search procedures for transgender and intersex individuals confined in local jails and codifying federal Prison Rape Elimination Act-related standards, drew debate over whether amendments were needed and whether the bill would burden or protect staff and inmates; two amendments were rejected, and the bill passed 30-19. Second Substitute House Bill 1906, as amended, increased transparency and consumer protections for water system rates, especially for older or smaller systems, and passed unanimously 49-0. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1916 tightened voter registration challenge procedures and gave county auditors more discretion in handling challenges; an amendment to broaden who could challenge voters statewide was rejected, and the bill passed 49-0. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2110, as amended, allowed registered nurses without EMT certification to staff certain inter-facility ambulance transports under specified conditions to reduce delays, and it also passed 49-0. The Senate also passed Second Substitute House Bill 2429, which extends and updates the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Work Group and aligns agency planning with the Washington Thriving Strategic Plan; a committee striker was adopted despite concerns about added government structure, and the bill passed 49-0. Second Substitute House Bill 2384, increasing oversight of continuing care retirement communities through actuarial review and Office of Insurance Commissioner oversight, passed 37-12 after the chamber rejected the committee striker and adopted a revised striking amendment. The session ended with a point of personal privilege from Senator Lovick and an adjournment motion, and the Senate adjourned until March 4, 2026.

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• Good to see you up there. Mr.
• I move the Senate advance to the fourth order of business. Mr.
• Senator Ritchelley has moved to advance the Senate to the fourth order of business.
• Richelie has moved to advance the Senate to the Fifth Order of Business.
• Referrals report be referred to the committee as designated.

Bills: SB6061 , SB6234 , SB6176 , SB6335 , SB6047 , HB2235 , HB2272 , HB2340 , HB2543 , HB2554 , HB2632 , HB2464 , HB2619 , HB1376 , HB1796 , HB2091 , HB2249 , HB2254 , HB2353 , HB2431 , HB2441 , SB5808 , SB5949 , SB6006 , SB6260 , SB6297 , SB6351 , SB6354 , SB6355 , HB2124 , HB1069 , HB2104 , HB2624

Keywords: tourism, self-supported assessment, funding, statewide promotion, economic development, sewage, grinder pumps, residential buildings, regulation, construction, vehicle registration, enforcement, renewal, transportation, state law, state commission, infrastructure, traffic safety, responsibilities, state capital projects

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• to keep that focused planning in place, but also want to challenge them to, if they're going to focus
• I'm eager to get to the testimony. My apologies. I'm eager to get to the testimony. Okay.
• fit a policy that is intended to apply to dozens of... ...trying to fit a policy that is intended to
• your comp plan is going to have to change and what the manpower is going to look like to do that?
• ability to make... ...control to our cities to allow for oftentimes the ability to maintain a stooped

Bills: SB5820 , SB5995 , SB5467

Committee: House Local Government

Keywords: freight rail, rail corridor, short-line railroad, rail-dependent uses, industrial land use, growth management act, GMA, comprehensive plan, transportation element, land use planning, local government, county planning, city planning, critical areas, agricultural lands, forest lands, mineral resource lands, urban growth area, development regulations, notice on permits

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• And we need to understand... ...will come to you in pieces, ready to assemble.
• used to when it comes to... ...operator and a more normal setting that it's used to when it comes to
• Private companies wish to use automation to shift labor costs to others in the supply chain and to the
• be billions of dollars, and we're going to have to have staging areas, and we're going to have to have
• The latter question, definitely, I'm going to have to get back to you on.

Bills: SB5820 , SB5467 , SB5995

Committee: House Local Government

Keywords: freight rail, rail corridor, short-line railroad, rail-dependent uses, industrial land use, growth management act, GMA, comprehensive plan, transportation element, land use planning, local government, county planning, city planning, critical areas, agricultural lands, forest lands, mineral resource lands, urban growth area, development regulations, notice on permits

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• Call a meeting to order.
• If you do, I'm going to ask you to leave, so there's not going to be second chances.
• So, again, this is not to stifle anyone's ability to eat.
• yourself to death in order to harvest that animal.
• I'm not going to force anybody to do anything they don't want to.

Bills: SB2108 , SB2121 , SB2171 , SB2061 , SB2112 , SB2138

Committee: Senate Agriculture and Wildlife

Keywords: feral swine, nuisance control, wildlife management, hunting permits, agriculture, cultivated meat, food safety, public health, misbranding, advertising, food labeling, food distribution, state regulations, hunting licenses, fishing licenses, veterans, controlled hunts, deer population, wildlife conservation, food policy

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• So with that said, I'm going to go to our agenda. And we want to welcome the speaker here.
• Chairman, I'm happy to answer questions. Go out motion to pass.
• I want to'.
• House Bill 2984 directs the Department of Human Services to request a waiver to allow SNAP dollars to
• The one thing that I want to accomplish is I want to help kids and whatever it takes to get there.

Bills: HB4422 , HB4117 , HB4300 , HB4298 , HB2984 , HB3344

Committee: House Children, Youth and Family Services

Keywords: immigration, public assistance, legal status, food assistance, state benefits, family resource center, community support, employment services, kinship families, social connections, child care, criminal history, background checks, child safety, licensing, Oklahoma laws, advisory committees, daycare, licensed child care facility, child care subsidy

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• So that's going to mean that we're going to have to move quickly. It's important to me.
• to speak to your second bill?
• back to speak to your second bill?
• I wanted to speak directly to that.
• I wanted to speak directly to that.

Bills: SB6258 , SB6182 , SB5947 , SJR8206 , SB5823 , SB6292

Committee: Senate Health & Long-Term Care

Keywords: Washington Medical Commission, medical license, license relinquishment, voluntary surrender, nondisciplinary pathway, physician regulation, health professional licensing, disciplinary database, National Practitioner Data Bank, license renewal, license reinstatement, medical board, professional discipline, credential surrender, healthcare regulation, abortion, reproductive health, pregnancy termination, clinic access, abortion access fund

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• be to cover the duties.
• I'm going to have to bring it closer to me.
• We're proposing that we have to have to, ...is to bring stability to the department.
• To attract professionals to this department, to bring it back to the point where it was in 2004, To bring
• I would like to move to pass. So can't motion to table, Madam Chair.

Bills: HB70 , HB93 , HB95 , HB139 , HB140 , HJR4

Committee: House House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs

Keywords: Public Regulation Commission, PRC, utility oversight fund, public utilities, utility regulation, commissioners, commission staff, chief of staff, ethics, Gift Act, revolving door, post-employment restrictions, consumer complaints, telecommunications, pipeline safety, natural gas pipelines, oil pipelines, license fees, regulatory oversight, administrative cleanup

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• allow them to speak to their bill.
• Turning to the Passport to Careers Program, this includes the Passport to College and Passport to Apprenticeship
• want to be able to message to them sooner that they are eligible for the financial aid.
• to.
• to.

Bills: SB6090 , SB5931 , SB5963 , SB5978 , SB6082

Committee: Senate Higher Education & Workforce Development

Keywords: heritage orchard, agriculture, program, state funding, local agriculture, workforce education, accountability, oversight, administrative changes, investment, SB 5963, passport to careers, Washington College Grant, financial aid, higher education, student aid, need-based aid, college affordability, postsecondary education, workforce development

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• felony convictions, specifically linked to their performance of duties.
• level and related to their job duties before the decertification happens.
• the job, to the duties of the job.
• , to solve every crime, to engage every speeder, to give every warning, to make a perfect situation.
• At the root of... ...speeder, to give every warning, to make a perfect situation.

Bills: HB2720 , HB2073 , HB2487 , SB5816 , SB5919 , SB5831 , SB6137 , SB6244 , SB5420 , SB5868 , SB6044 , SB6132 , SJM8002

Keywords: behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, insurance tax, state regulation, insurers, taxation, budget impact, juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, market access, fire safety, insurance incentives

Summary: The House took up Second Substitute Senate Bill 5974, a bill modernizing and strengthening laws concerning sheriffs, police chiefs, volunteers, youth cadets, and related law enforcement roles. Members first considered a striking amendment and then a series of floor amendments, with debate repeatedly focusing on sheriffs as elected constitutional officers, the scope of state authority over local law enforcement, and whether the bill would create unfunded mandates or practical problems for counties. Supporters of the bill and many amendments argued for clarifying language, local flexibility, and state payment for new requirements; opponents generally warned the bill would weaken elected sheriffs, impose costs on counties, or overreach into local control. Amendment 2343, which would have added intent language emphasizing that sheriffs are directly accountable to the electorate, was debated at length and defeated on a roll call vote, 41 yeas to 56 nays. Amendment 2373, shifting background-check costs to the state through the Washington State Patrol, was also defeated, 44 yeas to 53 nays. Amendment 2374, narrowing provisions affecting private security and specially commissioned officers, failed 41 to 56. Amendment 2369, clarifying rules for volunteers and youth cadets, failed 41 to 56. Amendment 2371, limiting surveillance-related provisions to situations requiring a warrant, failed 42 to 55. Amendment 2372, clarifying that only non-public information would be restricted from disclosure, also failed 41 to 56. Later, Amendment 2370, which would have aligned the bill’s definition of volunteer law enforcement officers with existing statute, was defeated 42 to 55. Finally, Amendment 2352, which would have exempted current sheriffs from the bill’s new decertification rules, was debated as a protection against changing the rules midstream but was opposed on the grounds that the bill already grandfathered in the one sheriff who did not meet the new experience requirement; the amendment’s vote was not completed in the excerpt provided. The transcript also begins with the Speaker signing several bills, including Substitute House Bill 1570 and Substitute Senate Bill 6248.

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• the statewide online system for IEPs are expanded to require the online IEP system to be able to integrate
• the preference is extended to spouses of active duty service members.
• This bill matters to me, it matters to my employer, and it should matter to each of you.
• It's been terrific to get to the place we are today.
• We're going to continue having to send people further and further away to a point where I suspect to

Bills: SB5420 , SB5877 , SB5868 , SB5109 , SB5832 , SB5922 , SB5944 , SB5988 , SB6065 , SB6103 , SB6151

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: veterans, military spouses, service members, uniformed services, National Guard, reservists, active duty, qualifying discharge, veterans preference, hiring preference, public employment, state benefits, license renewal, professional licensing, retirement service credit, pension, public retirement system, Washington RCW, military leave, reemployment rights

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• To illustrate this point, I'd like to take a moment to introduce you to my favorite small business to
• Irritated me all day, so I want to go back to it.
• That is their duty and their obligation to the state.
• Or they're going to have to include them as a cost to the consumers. Guess what?
• and are required to give to their employees?

Bills: HB245 , HB245 , HB700 , HB2783 , HB3526 , HB3900 , HB4061 , HB4124 , HB4166 , HB4395 , HB4534 , HB4609 , HB4641 , HB4736 , HB4738 , HB4739 , HB4945 , HB5015 , HJR175

Committee: House Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Keywords: property tax, delinquent taxes, ad valorem, penalties, interest cap, military service, retirement, law enforcement, custodial officer, Employees Retirement System, commercial financing, brokers, registration, disclosures, finance, consumer protection, fees, deferred compensation, automatic participation, county employees

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• The military service is eligible to be purchased up to five years of active duty service.
• So you have to have been in a law enforcement position called up to active duty. ...and then come back
• If they are in one when they come back from active duty, they're eligible to purchase this time and it
• death is clearly linked to a duty-related incident.
• As SEC-registered advisors, we have a fiduciary duty to act in our clients' best interest and ultimately

Bills: HB245 , HB700 , HB2783 , HB3526 , HB3900 , HB4061 , HB4124 , HB4166 , HB4395 , HB4534 , HB4609 , HB4641 , HB4736 , HB4738 , HB4739 , HB4945 , HB5015 , HJR175 , HB245

Committee: House Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Keywords: military service, retirement, law enforcement, custodial officer, Employees Retirement System, commercial financing, brokers, registration, disclosures, finance, consumer protection, fees, deferred compensation, automatic participation, county employees, payroll deductions, retirement plans, fiscal transparency, local government, bond issuance

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• So this has been written to make it very clear that this only applies to a person who warns another of
• And I just feel that it's not only my responsibility, it's my duty to alert somebody.
• I'm going to continue to do that.
• , to get in the lit area in a situation where you need to get to be safe.
• Why bring this to the state? Wouldn’t this be better to go to your HOA?

Bills: SB1092 , SB1094 , SB1139 , SB1239 , SB1240 , SB1248 , SB1326 , SB1502 , SB1512 , SB1540 , SB1616 , SB1635 , SB1669 , SB1673

Committees: House Judiciary , House House Judiciary Committee of Reference

Keywords: probation, dangerous crimes, children, Arizona Revised Statutes, criminal justice, juvenile offenses, rehabilitation, gender reassignment, civil liability, minors, medical consent, detransition, family court, therapeutic intervention, expert testimony, parenting time, child development, sex offenders, statute of limitations, prosecution

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• Is there anything else you'd like to add before we go to the committee?
• As anticipated, when the board voted to distribute funds, opponents attempted to add the board to the
• As anticipated, when the board voted to distribute funds, opponents attempted to add the board to the
• When the board voted to distribute funds, opponents attempted to add the board to the litigation.
• We'll go to the audience. Is there anyone in opposition to this bill?

Bills: HB25 , SB38 , SB101 , HB199

Committee: House House Consumer & Public Affairs

Keywords: juvenile delinquency, firearm possession, criminal background checks, state law, gun control, youth offense, conviction, public safety, SB38, pet food, registered pet food, registration fee, fees, sunset repeal, repeal of repeal, revenue, state fee, business regulation, animal feed, pet food registration

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• we want to encourage them to find that technology, to report to us how it's going, and to help us get
• under this bill to continue to produce.
• to allow Pierce County to participate.
• to allow Pierce County to participate.
• I'll defer to Chris on that, but I'll be happy to work with them to provide that and try to get some

Bills: SB6172 , SB6246 , SB5932

Committee: Senate Environment, Energy & Technology

Keywords: Washington climate policy, greenhouse gas, GHG emissions, cap-and-invest, carbon market, emissions trading, allowances, covered entity, coal-fired power plant, coal plant, electric utility, electric generating facility, fossil fuels, natural gas, imported electricity, emissions leakage, air pollution, renewable energy transition, industrial emissions, railroad emissions

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• go to law school in the fall and I'll to go to law school in the fall and I'll be<00:01:24.880><c> here
• So we're trying to separate those out that you either come to us or you have to abide by the ag rules
• So we're trying to separate those out that you either come to us or you have to abide by the ag rules
• So we're trying to separate those out that you either come to us or you have to abide by the ag rules
• to come to the every year they have to come to the probate<00:16:08.000><c> court</c><00:16:08.560><c

Bills: HB267 , HB271 , HB267 , HB271

Committee: House Agriculture and Forestry

Keywords: HB267, Alabama, minor consent, medical consent, mental health, school counseling, parental rights, parental consent, parental access to records, health information, health records, vaccine consent, school mental health services, student counseling, youth healthcare, adolescent health, emancipated minor, pregnancy care, sexually transmitted infections, STI treatment

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• Then we're going to switch to the work session, and then we're going to do the other bills a little bit
• out of order to finish up some testimony we were unable to get to in our last session, and then we'll
• We will be, there's a lot of people to testify, but we will be listening to two before going to work
• We want to make sure that this is useful to you all.
• And we need to figure out how to build the infrastructure to deliver on the promises we've made.

Bills: SB5821 , SB6004 , SB6010 , SB5941

Committee: Senate Environment, Energy & Technology

Keywords: nuclear energy, energy strategy, advanced technology, sustainability, state policy, renewable energy, public entities, electric generation, contracting, SB 6010, Washington energy siting, EFSEC, Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council, tribal consultation, government-to-government consultation, federally recognized tribes, energy facility siting, RCW, clean energy, alternative energy