SB6227 — Described as directing WSAC and institutions to develop protocols to identify student parents and report recommendations to the legislature.
SB5947 — Described as part of efforts to build a foundation for affordable health care in the state; advanced by voice vote.
SB6247 — Senate Bill 6247 was moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar, and the motion to advance it carried by voice vote.
Rebecca Saldaña — Senator Rebecca Saldaña moves Senate Bill 6085 from the white sheet to the floor calendar and introduces it as a bill supporting reentry and personal growth.
Rebecca Saldaña — The next motion follows the prior vote; no direct mention of Saldaña in this section.
Rebecca Saldaña — Rebecca Saldaña moves Senate Bill 6106 to the floor calendar and explains that it updates the definition of employer to exclude Indian tribes while protecting employee names and addresses from public disclosure. She adds that it is a trailer bill connected to legislation passed last year.
SB6085 — Senate Bill 6085 was moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar. The motion to advance the bill was put to a vote and carried.
SB6234 — Senate Bill 6234 was moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar. The bill concerns sewage grinder pumps for homes with low-gravity side sewers, and the motion to advance it was carried forward without further remarks.
John Lovick — Moves Senate Bill 6274 and describes it as modernizing street standards and frontage requirements to increase housing supply.
John Lovick — Moves Senate Bill 6089 from the white sheet to the floor calendar and explains the bill creates a P-20W public-private partnership account.
SB6274 — Senate Bill 6274 was moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar. The bill was described as modernizing street standards and frontage requirements to help create more housing supply, in coordination with city and county comprehensive plans.
SB6194 — Senate Bill 6194 was moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar. The bill was described as a rural hospital reimbursement measure that would allow rural hospitals on federally recognized Indian reservations to be paid at 140% of the fee-for-service Medicaid rate for inpatient and outpatient services beginning January 1, 2007. The chamber then voted on the motion to advance the bill, and the motion carried.
Shelly Short — Moves Senate Bill 5909 to the floor calendar.
Shelly Short — Explains Senate Bill 5909, which requires review of low-enrollment undergraduate programs.
Shelly Short — Opposes Senate Bill 5974, arguing sheriffs are locally elected and the state should not intervene.
Shelly Short — Moves Senate Bill 5954 from the white sheet to the floor calendar and explains it helps veterans.
SB5909 — Senate Bill 5909 was moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar, briefly described as a bill requiring review and possible discontinuance of low-enrollment undergraduate programs at public baccalaureate institutions, and then the motion to advance it carried.
Mark Schoesler — The transcript says 'Senator Braun,' but the member list suggests this may be Senator Braun; the text is preserved as spoken.
John Braun — Moves Senate Bill 5868 to the floor calendar and explains it adds Superior Court judges in Skagit and Yakima counties.
John Braun — Senator John Braun moves engrossed Senate Bill 5729 to the third reading calendar and explains that the measure is intended to help reduce housing costs by improving efficiency in the development process. The discussion is later referenced in connection with a broader theme of permitting efficiency and licensing application timelines, indicating related legislative efforts on streamlining approvals.
SB5868 — Senate Bill 5868 was moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar. The bill was described as adding one additional Superior Court judge in Skagit County and one in Yakima County, and the motion carried.
SB6026 — Senate Bill 6026 was presented as a major housing bill aimed at expanding residential development in commercial and mixed-use zones and described as potentially producing more housing units than any other measure under consideration. The chamber then moved to advance the bill from the white sheet to the floor calendar, and the motion carried.
SB5974 — Senate Bill 5974 was moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar. The motion drew opposition from speakers who argued the state should not interfere with locally elected sheriffs and that the bill would undermine local control. Despite that opposition, the motion to advance the bill was ultimately adopted.
SB6044 — Senate Bill 6044 was moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar. The discussion noted that the bill designates Diwali as a legislatively recognized day, and the motion to advance the bill passed.
Bob Hasegawa — Senator Hasegawa moved Senate Bill 5906 from the white sheet to the second reading floor calendar and briefly described the bill as establishing data and personal safety protections within public accommodations for Washington residents, including protections related to immigration-status information.
SB5906 — Senate Bill 5906 was moved from the white sheet to the floor/second reading calendar. During the discussion, the bill was described as providing data and personal safety protections in public accommodations, including prohibiting early learning providers and school district employees from collecting immigration-status information about students or their family members and limiting access by immigration enforcement officers. The motion to advance the bill passed.
Jeff Wilson — Senator Wilson moved Senate Bill 6081 from the white sheet to the floor calendar and described it as a bill aimed at protecting Washingtonians’ privacy in government records.
SB6081 — Senate Bill 6081 was moved to advance from the white sheet to the floor calendar. During the discussion, the bill was described as protecting Washingtonians’ privacy, including preventing unauthorized disclosure of sex designation information in government records. The motion to advance the bill passed.
Tina Orwall — Senator Orwall moved Senate Bill 6239 from the white sheet to the floor calendar and briefly explained that the bill would subject certain tort claims against the state or other subdivisions to civil arbitration before trial scheduling, based on the age of the claim.
SB6239 — Senate Bill 6239 was moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar. During the discussion, it was described as changing how certain tort claims against the state or other subdivisions are handled, including civil arbitration and timing based on the age of the claim. The motion to advance the bill to the floor calendar then passed.
SB5923 — Senate Bill 5923 was moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar, and the bill was described as addressing a Skagit County hospital by making it eligible for Medicare and Medicaid payments as a critical access hospital.
Curtis King — The chair recognized Senator King after the vote on Senate Bill 5923.
Curtis King — Moved Senate Bill 6323 to the floor calendar and advocated support.
Curtis King — Opposed Senate Bill 6045, arguing it would harm egg industries and family farms.
SB6323 — Senate Bill 6323 was moved from the White Sheet to the floor calendar, and the motion to advance the bill was confirmed/passed.
Annette Cleveland — Senator Cleveland moved Senate Bill 6210 from the white sheet to the floor calendar and then explained that the bill addresses concerns about access to affordable health coverage by improving coverage options through the health benefit exchange.
SB6210 — Senate Bill 6210 was moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar. During the discussion, the bill was described as improving access to affordable coverage and adding tools for the health benefit exchange, and the motion to advance it ultimately passed.
Steve Conway — Senator Conway moved Senate Bill 6045 from the white sheet to the floor calendar and explained that the bill would establish a framework for collective bargaining in the agricultural industry.
SB6045 — Senate Bill 6045 is moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar and then debated. Supporters frame it as a bill affecting farm workers and collective bargaining, while opponents argue it would harm agriculture, family farms, and food prices. The discussion concludes with the motion to advance the bill being put to a vote and a division being called.
SB5690 — Second Substitute Senate Bill 5690 is first moved from the White Sheet to the floor calendar, and then a motion to advance it to the third reading calendar is made and approved, carrying the bill forward in the legislative process.
SB6106 — Senate Bill 6106 is taken up and moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar. It is described as a trailer bill that updates employer definitions and public disclosure protections, and the motion to advance the bill to the floor calendar is then put to a vote and passes.
Mike Volz — Opposes the bill, arguing it reduces transparency under the Public Records Act.
SB5346 — Senate Bill 5346, which addresses student mobile device and phone use in schools and related OSPI reporting, is presented and then moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar. The motion to advance the bill is put to a vote and passes.
Jesse Salomon — Explains that Senate Bill 5346 addresses student phone use in schools and requires OSPI reporting.
SB6089 — Senate Bill 6089 is introduced as creating a non-appropriated P-20W public-private partnership account and directing OFM to contract with nonprofits, and the motion to advance the bill to the floor calendar is put to a vote and passes.
SB6170 — Senate Bill 6170 is moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar, and the bill is described as increasing maximum dollar amounts related to state highway construction, Washington State Department of Transportation work, and procurement contracting limits.
Ron Muzzall — Describes Senate Bill 6170 as adjusting monetary limits for state highway construction and procurement contracting rules.
SB5954 — Senate Bill 5954 is moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar and described as amending eligibility requirements for the mandatory waiver of state tuition and fees for certain veteran dependents and survivors. The motion passes unanimously.
SB5729 — Senate Bill 5729 is moved from the white sheet to the third reading calendar and described as a housing-permitting reform measure. The discussion explains that it would prevent jurisdictions from charging applicants for third-party peer review when an application has already been reviewed by similarly licensed municipal staff, with the goal of reducing unnecessary reviews and shortening the time needed to process housing applications.
SB5968 — Senate Bill 5968 is advanced to the floor calendar and described as a governor-request permitting-efficiency bill tied to an executive order. The bill would require cabinet agencies to report on application timelines and provide fee refunds if published decision deadlines are missed.