WSCAP 2025 Legislative Bill Tracking
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HB/SB/Other |
Description: One liner |
Status |
Primary Introducer & co-sponsors |
Hearings |
Notes: |
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Housing & shelters |
H Approps |
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Public Hearing - Concerning compliance with siting, development permit processes and standards, and requirements for permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, indoor emergency housing, or indoor emergency shelters. (Remote Testimony Available). (High) |
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Cash assistance time limits |
H EL & Human Svc |
Early Learning & Human Services (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 2/11 @ 1:30pm |
Public Hearing - Expanding time limit exemptions applicable to cash assistance programs. (Remote Testimony Available). (High) Simple bill, as the title says. |
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Interested party/prev. wage |
H Labor & Workpl |
Labor & Workplace Standards (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 2/12 @ 8:00am |
Public Hearing - Expanding the definition of "interested party" for the purposes of prevailing wage laws. (Remote Testimony Available). We should take a look to make sure it doesn’t impact weatherization. |
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Deed of trust assignment/fee |
H Approps |
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Public Hearing - Eliminating the exemption for assignments or substitutions of previously recorded deeds of trust from the document recording fee and the covenant homeownership program assessment. (Remote Testimony Available). (High) |
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Affordable housing REET |
H Finance |
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Public Hearing - Allowing counties or cities to impose a real estate excise tax for the purpose of developing affordable housing, subject to the will of the voters. (Remote Testimony Available). Option for local REET for housing. |
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Homelessness point-in-time |
H Housing |
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Public Hearing - Concerning the homelessness point-in-time count. (Remote Testimony Available). |
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Low-income energy assistance |
H Env & Energy |
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Public Hearing - Establishing a statewide low-income energy assistance program. (Remote Testimony Available). (High) |
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Working conn. child care |
H EL & Human Svc |
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Public Hearing - Modifying access to the working connections child care program. (Remote Testimony Available). (If measure is referred to committee.) (High) Ferguson request bill re working connections/small businesses. Feb 12, 2025 House Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM |
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Transportation revenue |
H Transportation |
Transportation (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 2/13 @ 4:00pm |
Public Hearing - Establishing new sources of transportation revenue based on motor vehicle use of public roadways. (Remote Testimony Available). (If measure is referred to committee.) (High) This is the road usage charge proposal. Evaluate for impacts on low income people. |
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Affordable housing/REET |
S Ways & Means |
Ways & Means (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 2/13 @ 4:00pm |
Public Hearing - Providing a real estate excise tax exemption for the sale of qualified affordable housing. (Remote Testimony Available). |
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Housing shortage/local share |
S Housing |
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Public Hearing - Eliminating each local government's proportional share of Washington's housing shortage. (Remote Testimony Available). |
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Landlord-tenant/preemption |
S Housing |
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Public Hearing - Creating consistency in housing. (Remote Testimony Available). |
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Residential landlord-tenant |
S Housing |
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Public Hearing - Preparing for revisions to the residential landlord-tenant act by creating a task force and establishing a moratorium on new residential landlord-tenant regulations. (Remote Testimony Available). |
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Multifamily tax exemption |
S Housing |
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Public Hearing - Expanding eligibility to utilize the multifamily tax exemption program to all counties required or choosing to plan under RCW 36.70A.040. (Remote Testimony Available). |
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Foreclosure mediation prg. |
S Housing |
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Public Hearing - Expanding and funding the foreclosure mediation program. (Remote Testimony Available). |
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Joint labor manage. records |
S Labor & Comm |
Labor & Commerce (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 2/11 @ 10:30am |
Public Hearing - Expanding access to records for joint labor management committees for the purposes of enforcing prevailing wage laws. (Remote Testimony Available). We should take a look to make sure it doesn’t impact weatherization. |
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ECEAP age requirements |
H Approps |
Appropriations (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/13 @ 4:00pm |
Public Hearing - Adjusting age requirements for accessing the early childhood education and assistance program. (Remote Testimony Available). |
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Captive insurers/PUDs |
H Env & Energy |
Environment & Energy (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 2/13 @ 8:00am |
Public Hearing - Allowing public utility districts to form, own, or use captive insurers. (Remote Testimony Available). |
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Child care centers/buildings |
S EL/K-12 |
Early Learning & K-12 Education (Senate) - SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg - 2/12 @ 10:30am |
Public Hearing - Concerning child care centers operated in existing buildings. (Remote Testimony Available). |
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Civilian crisis resp. teams |
H Tech, Econ Dev |
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Public Hearing - Concerning civilian-staffed crisis response teams. (Remote Testimony Available). |
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Impact fees |
S Housing |
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Public Hearing - Concerning impact fees. (Remote Testimony Available). |
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Residential housing permits |
S Housing |
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Public Hearing - Concerning project permit applications for residential housing units. (Remote Testimony Available). |
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City & county REET revenues |
H Finance |
Finance (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/13 @ 1:30pm |
Public Hearing - Concerning revenues from the excise tax on real estate transactions imposed by cities and counties under RCW 82.46.035. (Remote Testimony Available). |
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Unincorporated villages/GMA |
H Local Govt |
Local Government (House) - HHR E and Virtual JLOB - 2/12 @ 8:00am |
Public Hearing - Concerning unincorporated villages in the growth management act. (Remote Testimony Available). |
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Homeownership revolving loan |
H Housing |
Housing (House) - HHR C and Virtual JLOB - 2/13 @ 8:00am |
Public Hearing - Creating an affordable homeownership revolving loan fund program. (Remote Testimony Available). |
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Small business risk pooling |
H ConsPro&Bus |
Consumer Protection & Business (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 2/12 @ 1:30pm |
Public Hearing - Enabling opportunities for risk pooling by small businesses for property and liability risks. (Remote Testimony Available). |
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Affordable housing financing |
S Housing |
Housing (Senate) - SHR 4 and Virtual JACB - 2/12 @ 10:30am |
Public Hearing - Expanding housing supply by supporting the ability of public housing authorities to finance affordable housing developments. (Remote Testimony Available). |
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Housing dev./religious orgs. |
H Housing |
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Public Hearing - Expanding opportunities for affordable housing developments on properties owned by religious organizations. (Remote Testimony Available). |
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Lot splitting |
H Approps |
Appropriations (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/12 @ 4:00pm |
Public Hearing - Increasing housing options through lot splitting. (Remote Testimony Available). |
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Child care licensing |
H EL & Human Svc |
Early Learning & Human Services (House) - HHR D and Virtual JLOB - 2/12 @ 1:30pm |
Public Hearing - Modifying licensing requirements for child care and early learning providers. (Remote Testimony Available). |
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Behavioral health response |
H HC/Wellness |
Health Care & Wellness (House) - HHR A and Virtual JLOB - 2/14 @ 8:00am |
Public Hearing - Professionalizing first responders and co-responders through training and reimbursement for behavioral health emergency response. (Remote Testimony Available). |
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Transit-oriented development |
S Housing |
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Public Hearing - Promoting transit-oriented development. (Remote Testimony Available). (High) |
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Manufactured homes/org. sale |
H ConsPro&Bus |
Consumer Protection & Business (House) - HHR B and Virtual JLOB - 2/14 @ 8:00am |
Public Hearing - Removing barriers for organizations selling manufactured homes to low-income households. (Remote Testimony Available). |