Tina Orwall — Corrected the bill number mid-motion and moved Senate Bill 5992.
Tina Orwall — Moved Senate Bill 5992 and began explaining the bill.
Tina Orwall — Continued describing Senate Bill 5992 and asked for support.
Tina Orwall — Moved Senate Bill 5924 to the floor calendar.
Tina Orwall — Explained Senate Bill 5924, which expands pharmacy practice and rulemaking authority.
SB5956 — Introduced in a motion to advance from the white sheet to the floor calendar.
SB5992 — The committee discussion centers on Senate Bill 5992. The bill number is corrected during the motion, and the bill is described as creating a youth development fund account to expand access to positive youth development programs and authorize OSPI grant distribution. The motion before the committee is to advance Senate Bill 5992 to the second reading calendar.
SB5924 — Senate Bill 5924 was moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar, and the bill was then described as expanding pharmacy practice to allow limited diagnosing and prescribing or ordering of certain drugs and devices, with rulemaking authority for the Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission.
Drew MacEwen — Senator McEwen moved Senate Bill 6134 from the white sheet to the floor calendar and explained that the bill would require ESD to notify striking workers about possible overpayment if they later receive retroactive pay after negotiations are finalized.
SB6134 — Moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar.
Curtis King — Moved Senate Bill 6263 in the next item.
Curtis King — Moved Senate Bill 6263 and urged a yes vote.
Curtis King — The transcript appears to misidentify the speaker as Senator Carter; context suggests Senator King is speaking in support of the bill.
Curtis King — Asked for a no vote on Senate Bill 6302, expressing concern that it limits independent contractors too much.
Curtis King — Opposed Senate Bill 6302, saying it limits independent contractors and asking for a no vote.
SB6263 — Senate Bill 6263 was discussed as a measure to raise school district public bid thresholds for purchasing and for building improvements and repairs, and it was then moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar.
Annette Cleveland — Senator Annette Cleveland moved Senate Bill 5395 from the white sheet to the floor calendar and then explained the bill’s purpose: regulating prior authorization decisions by insurers, including guardrails around AI use, requiring medical necessity determinations to be made by licensed medical professionals, and prohibiting retroactive denials.
SB5395 — Senate Bill 5395 was moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar, and the discussion explained that the bill creates guardrails around the use of AI in prior authorization decisions, requires medical necessity determinations to be made by licensed medical doctors or other health care professionals, and prohibits retroactive denials.
Steve Conway — Moved Senate Bill 6282 from the white sheet to the floor calendar.
SB6282 — Senate Bill 6282 was moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar. The bill concerns adding behavioral health training to apprenticeship programs, with the broader goal of addressing suicide among construction workers.
Matt Boehnke — Senator Matt Boehnke moved Senate Bill 5905 from the white sheet to the floor calendar and then briefly described it as a short bill while urging support.
SB5905 — Senate Bill 5905 was moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar. The discussion briefly explained that the bill concerns Washington port districts and restrictions on enrolling employees in multiple pension systems, with mention of related retirement-plan exceptions, and the motion to advance the bill was then put to a vote and carried.
Rebecca Saldaña — Rebecca Saldaña moved Senate Bill 6302 from the white sheet to the floor calendar and then explained that the bill is intended to address part of the ongoing challenges in the underground economy, building on prior work by multiple parties to address misclassification and related issues.
SB6302 — Senate Bill 6302 is moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar and then to the second reading calendar. The bill is described as addressing public works contractor misclassification by limiting the use of multiple independent contractors for the same finishing work, and support is voiced before the motion carries.
Jesse Salomon — Senator Jesse Salomon moved Senate Bill 5950 from the white sheet to the second reading calendar and then explained that the bill would add Jewish, Sikh, and Hindu holidays to the list of non-legal state holidays, building on last year’s addition of certain Muslim holidays.
SB5950 — Senate Bill 5950 was moved from the white sheet to the second reading calendar, and it was described as expanding the list of non-legal state holidays to include certain Jewish, Sikh, and Hindu holidays.
John Lovick — Moved Senate Bill 6074 from the white sheet to the floor calendar.
SB6074 — Senate Bill 6074 was moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar. The bill was described as directing the Ruckelshaus Center to coordinate a work group that will develop recommendations for reestablishing parole in Washington, including criteria for parole eligibility. The motion to advance the bill carried.
Ron Muzzall — Senator Ron Muzzall first moved Senate Bill 6226 from the white sheet to the floor calendar, then spoke to the bill’s purpose, explaining that it protects the clinical autonomy of audiologists and allows them to use clinical judgment in choosing telehealth versus in-person care.
SB6226 — Senate Bill 6226 is moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar. The discussion explains that the bill allows licensed practitioners to use their clinical judgment to choose telehealth or in-person care as the appropriate treatment modality, while preserving the Board of Hearing and Speech’s authority to set rules and enforce standards of care. The motion to advance the bill carries.
Shelly Short — Moved Senate Bill 6096 from the white sheet to the floor calendar.
SB6096 — Senate Bill 6096 was advanced from the white sheet to the floor/second reading calendar, and the discussion briefly explained that the first substitute would require cities and counties to adopt and maintain by 2030 a deferred collection system for connection charges on single-family residential construction.
John Braun — John Braun moved Senate Bill 5970 from the white sheet to the floor calendar and explained that the bill would make the property tax exemption for multipurpose senior citizens' centers permanent, urging support for the measure.
SB5970 — The committee considered Senate Bill 5970, which would make the property tax exemption for multipurpose senior citizens' centers permanent, and moved it from the white sheet to the floor calendar.
SB6269 — The President moved to advance Senate Bill 6269 from the white sheet to the floor calendar. The bill was described as a technical measure updating fuel-type definitions so the Department of Agriculture can oversee hydrogen fueling stations, and the motion to advance it passed.
SB5574 — Senate Bill 5574 was moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar, and the bill was identified as requiring school districts to include specified histories in social studies instruction.
Bob Hasegawa — Senator Hasegawa moved Senate Bill 5873 from the white sheet to the floor calendar and briefly explained that the bill concerns leaves of absence for incarcerated individuals, including escorted compassionate leave for family funerals or hospital bedside visits.
SB5873 — Senate Bill 5873 was moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar, and the discussion focused on its provision creating escorted leave situations for incarcerated individuals, including those transitioning or attending classes to prepare for reentry into civil society.
Tina Orwall — Moved Senate Bill 5956 to the floor calendar.
SB6086 — Senate Bill 6086 is moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar and identified as legislation allowing the AOC to use consultants for threat assessments.
Marcus Riccelli — Senator Riccelli moved Senate Bill 5574 from the white sheet to the floor calendar and then explained that the bill requires school districts to include instruction on Asian-American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, Latino American, and Black American history in required social studies courses during the regular curriculum review cycle.