HOUSE BILL REPORT
ESHB 2765


This analysis was prepared by non-partisan legislative staff for the use of legislative members in their deliberations. This analysis is not a part of the legislation nor does it constitute a statement of legislative intent.

As Passed House:
February 25, 2008

Title: An act relating to the capital budget.

Brief Description: Making 2008 supplemental capital appropriations.

Sponsors: By House Committee on Capital Budget (originally sponsored by Representative Fromhold; by request of Office of Financial Management).

Brief History:

Capital Budget: 1/29/08, 2/21/08, 2/22/08 [DPS].

Floor Activity:

Passed House: 2/25/08, 92-3.

Brief Summary of Engrossed Substitute Bill
  • Makes supplemental capital appropriations for the 2007-09 biennium of $110.5 million, including all appropriation increases and decreases.


HOUSE COMMITTEE ON CAPITAL BUDGET

Majority Report: The substitute bill be substituted therefor and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by 21 members: Representatives Fromhold, Chair; Ormsby, Vice Chair; Schual-Berke, Vice Chair; McDonald, Ranking Minority Member; Newhouse, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; Appleton, Blake, Chase, Dunshee, Eickmeyer, Flannigan, Hankins, Hasegawa, Kelley, McCune, Pearson, Pedersen, Sells, Skinner, Smith and Upthegrove.

Minority Report: Without recommendation. Signed by 1 member: Representative Orcutt.

Staff: Susan Howson (786-7142).

Background:

Washington operates on a biennial budget cycle. The Legislature authorizes expenditures for capital needs in the Capital Budget for a two-year period, and authorizes bond sales through passage of a bond bill associated with the Capital Budget to fund a portion of these expenditures. The current Capital Budget covers the period from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2009.


Summary of Engrossed Substitute Bill:

Supplemental appropriations are made for the 2007-09 biennium of $110.5 million. (See budget highlights.) State bond appropriations of $6.6 million for vocational skills centers requires the passage of a bond authorization bill.


Appropriation: The sum of $110.5 million in appropriations for the 2007-09 biennium from various fund sources.

Fiscal Note: Not requested.

Effective Date: The bill contains an emergency clause and takes effect immediately.

Persons Testifying on the Original Bill: (In support) Kenneth Jones and Kathy Clayton, City of Tenino; Bill Keim and John Bancroft, Washington State Association of Educational Service Districts; Bill Robinson, The Nature Conservancy; Deb Rosenthal, McClure Parent/Teacher Association; Charlie Brown, Bethel School District; Mary Sue Wilson and Faith Trimble, Capital Campus Childcare Center; Sherry Burkey, Western Washington University; Jim King, Citizens for Parks and Recreation; and Nick Federici, Washington Low-Income Housing Alliance.

(Opposed) None.

Persons Testifying on the Proposed Substitute Bill: (In support) George Scarola, League of Education Voters; Gordon Walgren, Port of Bremerton; Vicky Austin, Northwest Kidney Centers; Seth Dawson, Washington Coalition for the Homeless; Kenneth Jones, City of Tenino; Tom Henderson, State Board of Community and Technical Colleges; Mike Wark, University of Washington Tacoma; Bill Clarke, Trust for Public Land; Tom Siegel, Bethel School District; Nick Federici, Washington Low-Income Housing Alliance; Livia Lam, Service Employees International Union; Tom Luce, Executive Council for Greater Tacoma; Rebecca Scholl, Ready by Five; and Julie Suchanek, The Evergreen State College.

(Concerns) Sharon Wylie, Kitsap, Jefferson, and Clark counties; and Terri Jeffries, Washington Realtors.

(Opposed) Tim Botkin, Kitsap SEED; and John Christison, Washington State Convention and Trade Center.

Persons Signed In To Testify But Not Testifying: None.