Staff: Amy Skei (786-7109).

Summary of Substitute Bill:

Appropriations are adjusted for state transportation agencies and programs for the 2019-21 fiscal biennium.  Overall appropriations are reduced by $949 million from $10.4 billion to $9.4 billion.  Capital-related appropriations are reduced by $1 billion, and operating-related appropriations are increased by $79 million.  Fund transfers and other provisions are adjusted. 

 

Appropriations totaling $10.9 billion are made for state transportation agencies and programs for the 2021-23 fiscal biennium from a number of transportation accounts.  Capital-related appropriations total $5.8 billion, and operating-related appropriations total $5.1 billion.  Appropriations for the 2021-23 fiscal biennium include:  $7.6 billion for the Washington State Department of Transportation; $1.9 billion for debt service; $557 million for the Washington State Patrol; and $371 million for the Department of Licensing.  Fund transfers and other provisions are made.  Additional detail can be found at fiscal.wa.gov.

Appropriation: The bill contains multiple appropriations. Please refer to the bill and supporting documents.

Fiscal Note: Not requested.

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

Staff Summary of Public Testimony:

Please refer to the January 21, 2021, recording of the public hearing on the original bill.

 

Please refer to the March 23, 2021, recording of the public hearing on the proposed substitute bill.

Persons Testifying: Hearing Date January 21, 2021
(In support of the original bill) Representative Fey, prime sponsor; Preston Dwoskin; Dawn Rains, Treehouse; Adam LeMieux, Port of Everett; Chris Branch, Okanogan Trails Chapter and Mule Deer Foundation; and Ted Jackson, Washington All-Terrain Vehicle Association.
 
(Opposed to original bill) Amber Carter, Port of Vancouver and Identity Clark County; Lael White, Climate Rail Alliance; Anna Zivarts, Disability Rights Washington; Chris Herman, Washington Public Ports Association; Bre Elsey, Washington Farm Bureau; Rosella Mosby, Mosby Farms; Bridget Coon, Bar U Ranch; Jeff Gombosky, Enterprise Rental Cars; Steve Simmons; and Enrique Hernandez.
 
(Other testimony on the original bill) Jane Wall, Washington State Association of Counties; Sandra Toussaint, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 28/Washington Federation of State Employees; Bryce Yadon, Transportation Choices Coalition; Leah Missik, Climate Solutions; Mariya Frost, Washington Policy Center; Brett Gailey, City of Lake Stevens; Mary Paterson, Climate Rail Alliance; Don Cairns, City of Redmond; Carolyn Logue, South Sound Chamber of Commerce Legislative Coalition; Andrea Reay, Seattle/Southside Chamber of Commerce; Tara Doyle-Enneking, Puyallup/Sumner Chamber of Commerce; Zenovia Harris, Kent Chamber of Commerce; Bill Moyer, Solutionary Rail; Mike Ennis, Association of Washington Business; Jeff DeVere, Washington Trucking Associations; Jeff Hardesty, Oroville School District; Emily Murphy, Conservation Northwest; Hans Zeiger, Pierce County; Kristina Walker, City of Tacoma; Kim Roscoe, City of Fife; Eric Johnson, Port of Tacoma; Tom Pierson, Tacoma/Pierce County Chamber of Commerce; Jared Faker, International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Local 23; Kelly Snyder, Snohomish County; Alison Longley; and Jerry VanderWood, Association of General Contractors.
 
Hearing Date March 23, 2021
(In support of the proposed substitute bill) Representative Fey, prime sponsor; Jane Wall, Washington State Association of Counties and County Engineers; Marian Dacca, Association of Washington Cities; Josh Swanson, International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 302; Carl See, Washington State Transportation Commission; Justin Leighton, Washington State Transit Association; Alex Alston, Washington Bikes; Michael Moran, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation; Amber Carter, Identity Clark County and Portland/Vancouver Junction Railroad; Mark Streuli, Iron Workers District Council of the Pacific Northwest–IMPACT; Jerry VanderWood, Associated General Contactors of Washington; Neil Strege, Washington Roundtable; Ann Freeman-Manzanares, Intercity Transit; Victor Colman, Childhood Obesity Prevention Coalition; Kate White Tudor, Natural Resources Defense Council; Sandra Toussaint, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 28/Washington Federation of State Employees; and Seamus Petrie, Washington Public Employees Association.

(Opposed to the proposed substitute bill) None.

(Other testimony on the proposed substitute bill) Peggen Frank, Hoh Tribe; Bryce Yadon, Futurewise; Clifford Traisman, Washington Environmental Council and Washington Conservation Voters; Leah Missik, Climate Solutions; Anna Zivarts, Disability Rights Washington; Cynthia Stewart, League of Women Voters of Washington; Mike Ennis, Association of Washington Business; Michael Jones, City of Blaine; Jaime Torres; Clayton Banry; Bill Moyer, Solutionary Rail; Lael White, Climate Rail Alliance; Alex Soldano, Sound Transit; Carolyn Logue, South Sound Chamber of Commerce Legislative Coalition; Luis Moscoso, All Aboard Washington; Julie Andrzejewski, Indivisible Tacoma; Paulo Nunes-Ueno, Front and Centered; Ted Jackson, Washington All-Terrain Vehicle Association; Dawn Rains, Treehouse; Elizabeth Chamberlain, City of Walla Walla; Lynne Robinson, City of Bellevue; Chris Herman, Washington Public Ports Association; Steve Way; Mason Thompson, City of Bothell; and Ingrid Elliott, 350 Seattle.

Persons Signed In To Testify But Not Testifying: None.