Hearing and Legislation Alerts
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Senate Law & Justice - 1/18/2022 10:30 AM
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Public Hearing
SB 5612 - Ensuring domestic violence victims and survivors of victims have the opportunity to make a statement during sentencing for all domestic violence convictions. (Remote testimony.)
SB 5776 - Creating the criminal justice integrated data system and a violence and death investigation resource center. (Remote testimony.)
SB 5561 - Concerning the restoration of the right to possess a firearm. (Remote testimony.)
SB 5688 - Concerning material changes to the operations and governance structure of participants in the health care marketplace. (Remote testimony.)
SB 5572 - Implementing the recommendations of the Washington state internet crimes against children task force. (Remote testimony.)
Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. 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
At, leg.wa.gov, please review HB1232, HB1782, HB1981, HB2020, HB 1782, SB 5670, and SB 5758. All of these proposed bills shall have an impact on the real estate industry in Washington. Consider to search, review summary, make comment and testify on the bills for the legislature to amend each of these proposed bills to apply only toward King and Pierce County as a testing site at this time before any consideration of being expanded to the entire Washington State. Questions call Legislative Hotline 1-800-562-6000. Again, Please review HB1232, HB1782, HB1981, HB2020, HB 1782, SB 5670, and SB 5758. See link on instruction for your voice to be heard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOkWm5UdnLo
ReplyDeletePlease encourage our elected officials to create a Bill to establish a voter ID or Voter fingerprint verification system through mail in voting ballots.
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ReplyDeleteContact your elected officials regarding Smart Homeless Reform. WA State should make it illegal to live on the streets due to community health and safety. WA State should seek affordable areas to invest in multiple Homeless hotel facilities that provide Drug Rehab, Psychological counseling, and back to work programs. A great location of a testing site would be King and Pierce County.
Another option is to allow the homeless to live in old Washington State ferries docked in Tacoma WA or on the Columbia river in Vancouver WA. To also provide Drug Rehab, Psychological counseling, and back to work programs.
For the safety of the Homeless,
* Washington State should have a program to offer homeless the option for a one way paid ticket to live with any family member or friend in the Nation.
* Washington State needs more drug prevention programs in Middle and Highs Schools.
Contact your elected officials about HOA Affordable Housing Reform.
ReplyDeleteAffordable Housing- Limit HOA Rental Caps to NO less than 35% and remove HOA homeowner timeline to rent after purchase. An HOA Rental CAP and HOA Buyer Timeline to rent only allows a certain percentage of renters to live within an HOA community which greatly discriminates against minorities, renters, and limits housing affordability. * Strict Rental Caps and HOA Buyer timeline after purchase to rent greatly reduce affordable living, limit renters, limits minorities and homeless to access homes. A HOA Buyer Timeline to rent for example is that a Buyer is not able to rent until after one year of purchase. Please include in the Bill that an HOA must annually disclose the Income, Expense, and a COPY of PAID INVOICES to all of the homeowners. Finally to include in the Bill To increase the power of the Washington State Attorney General Office to accept HOA complaints and enforce WA State HOA laws with financial penalties of property management company violators.
OPPOSE “Ranked Choice Voting” TODAY!
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1. Click on… CSI to OPPOSE SB 5584
2. Select… CON In the box under the word *Position:
3. Enter… Your information You can leave “organization” blank
4. Submit
Please take 2 minutes… OPPOSE now!
Ranked Choice Voting is disguised as "Increasing representation and voter participation in local elections." It fosters a “One Party” government. We do NOT want a “One Party” system of government.
The SB 5584 hearing is on 1-19-22
https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=5584&Initiative=false&Year=2021
Senate State Government & Elections - 1/21/2022 10:30 AM
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SB 5570 - Establishing a process for removal or relocation of major works on the capitol grounds. (Remote testimony.)
SB 5550 - Applying the public records act to all courts and offices within the judicial branch. (Remote testimony.)
SB 5555 - Concerning public safety telecommunicators. (Remote testimony.)
SB 5756 - Establishing the semiquincentennial committee. (Hearing is on the Proposed Substitute.) (Remote testimony.)
Executive Session
SB 5560 - Concerning procedures for approval and submission of the redistricting plan.
SB 5582 - Concerning the deadline for a port commission to send new district boundaries to the county auditor when expanding from three commissioners to five.
SB 5583 - Requiring the adjustment of census data for local redistricting to reflect the last known place of residence for incarcerated persons.
SB 5750 - Designating the Washington state leadership board a trustee of the state of Washington.
SB 5793 - Concerning stipends for low-income or underrepresented community members of state boards, commissions, councils, committees, and other similar groups.
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
Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education - 1/24/2022 1:30 PM
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Public Hearing
SB 5833 - Increasing compensation options for directors of a school district board. (Remote testimony.)
SB 5878 - Clarifying visual and performing arts instruction. (Remote testimony.)
SB 5902 - Concerning the implementation of high school graduation credit requirements. (Remote testimony.)
SB 5925 - Establishing the outdoor school for all program. (Remote testimony.) (If measure is referred to committee.)
Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. 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
SENATE BILL 5528
ReplyDeleteThis bill authorizes Seattle to increase taxes in the city to specifically pay for additional transit services in Seattle. A hearing was held on Jan. 13, 2021.
The concern I have with this bill is that it allows Seattle to increase taxes to pay for a worthless transportation mode (bus and/or light rail transit) when King County, the Puget Sound Region and the State of Washington desperately needs investments to our road system to a) relieve egregious congestion and b) return our vast investment in our road system to a "State of Good Repair". Everyone experiences congestion. We can do something about it. We need to decide to do so. The Gas Tax is a limited source of funds for roads (albeit the only source in recent history). With gas prices this high, increasing the gas tax this year is off the table. The sales tax on new and used vehicles is a large revenue source and currently goes to the General Fund, which, this year is awash in $8 to $12 Billion of excess revenue. The Federal Infrastructure bill has added one tie revenue for transportation and enhanced the long term federal programs.
SB 5528 diverts attention away from needed focus on a major statewide transportation package in the 2022 Legislative Session.
Please oppose SB 5528 as an unnecessary diversion of transportation tax dollars to King County Metro and/or Sound Transit. KC Metro carries about 4.5% and Sound Transit less than 0.5% of the daily person trips. Vehicles on roads carry over 80% of all daily trips per research done by the Puget Sound Regional Council. Transit is a failed strategy for congestion relief. The share of total trips by transit has gone down over the last 5 decades. More emissions are created by a transit trip that a car trip per US DOE data. The pandemic has devastated transit ridership (all data above is pre-pandemic.
We need legislative focus on real transportation needs, not Seattle centric wish lists.
Victor H. Bishop, P.E.
PCO, Bel 48-1049
House Public Safety - 1/28/2022 10:00 AM
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Public Hearing
HB 1678 - Creating a domestic violence offender registry. (Remote testimony.)
HB 1758 - Increasing the penalty for hazing. (Remote testimony.)
HB 1844 - Creating the offense of unlawful branding of another person. (Remote testimony.)
HB 1972 - Imposing criminal penalties for negligent driving involving the death of a vulnerable user victim. (Remote testimony.)
See https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/house for information about viewing and providing public testimony at committee meetings. 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
House Local Government - 1/28/2022 8:00 AM
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REVISED 1/21/2022 6:55 PM
Possible Executive Session
HB 1811 - Concerning fire benefit charges imposed by cities and towns.
HB 1832 - Concerning code city form of government elections and city manager appointment.
HB 1684 - Concerning public health and fluoridation of drinking water.
HB 2052 - Concerning contracts with community service organizations for public improvements.
HB 1627 - Making it possible for more properties to have access to water, storm drains, and sanitary sewage systems.
HB 1925 - Authorizing the issuance of civil infractions for violations of rules or regulations in county parks.
HB 1948 - Concerning failing water system receivership and rehabilitation.
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