HOUSE BILL REPORT
HB 1094
As Reported by House Committee On:
Appropriations
Title: An act relating to fiscal matters.
Brief Description: Making 2021-2023 fiscal biennium operating appropriations.
Sponsors: Representatives Ormsby, Gregerson, Macri and Bergquist; by request of Office of the Governor.
Brief History:
Committee Activity:
Appropriations: 1/14/21, 3/27/21, 3/29/21 [DPS].
Brief Summary of Substitute Bill
  • Makes biennial operating budget appropriations for the 2021-23 biennium and supplemental appropriations for the 2019-21 biennium.
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Majority Report: The substitute bill be substituted therefor and the substitute bill do pass.Signed by 19 members:Representatives Ormsby, Chair; Bergquist, Vice Chair; Gregerson, Vice Chair; Macri, Vice Chair; Chopp, Cody, Dolan, Fitzgibbon, Frame, Hansen, Johnson, J., Lekanoff, Pollet, Ryu, Senn, Springer, Stonier, Sullivan and Tharinger.
Minority Report: Do not pass.Signed by 14 members:Representatives Stokesbary, Ranking Minority Member; Chambers, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; Corry, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; MacEwen, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; Boehnke, Caldier, Chandler, Dye, Harris, Hoff, Jacobsen, Rude, Schmick and Steele.
Staff: Charlie Gavigan (786-7340).
Background:

The state government operates on a fiscal biennium that begins on July 1 of each odd-numbered year.  A two-year biennial operating budget is adopted every odd-numbered year.  Supplemental budgets frequently are enacted in each of the following two years after adoption of the biennial budget.  Appropriations are made in the biennial and supplemental budgets for the operation of state government and its various agencies and institutions, including higher education, as well as allocations for the funding of K-12 public schools.

Summary of Substitute Bill:

Near General Fund-Outlook appropriations for the 2021-23 biennium are $58.45 billion.  (Near General Fund-Outlook is State General Fund, the Education Legacy Trust Account, the Opportunity Pathways Account, and the Workforce Education Investment Account).  Total budgeted funds are $121.4 billion (includes state, federal, and other funds).

 

Supplemental changes are made to 2019-21 operating appropriations.  Near General Fund-Outlook appropriations are decreased by $1.4 billion.  Total budgeted funds are increased by $8.8 billion ($2.4 billion in this bill plus $6.4 billion in previously approved unanticipated receipts).

Fund transfers and other provisions are made.
 
Additional detail can be found at leap.leg.wa.gov.

Substitute Bill Compared to Original Bill:

The substitute bill makes numerous funding and other changes.  Please see leap.leg.wa.gov for more detailed information.

Appropriation: The bill contains multiple appropriations.
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 14, 2021, and the March 27, 2020, recordings of the public hearings on the bill.

Persons Testifying: Hearing Date January 14, 2021
(In support of the original bill) Darya Farivar, Disability Rights Washington; Seven Alexander; Joshua Stuller; Amy Brackenbury, Help Me Grow Pierce County; Laurie Lippold, Partners for Our Children; Michele Thomas, Washington Low Income Housing Alliance; Jim Theofelis, A Way Home Washington; Dawn Rains, Treehouse; Hollianne Monson and Rebekah Graham, Catholic Community Services of Western Washington; Sheila Hennan; Jim Fulton; Annie Blackledge, The Mockingbird Society; Samuel Martin, Washington Coalition of Homeless Youth Advocacy; Demas Nesterenko, Service Employees International Union 775; Mary Curry, Pathways Enrichment Academy; Ryan Pricco, Child Care Aware of Washington; Matthew Richardson, Nurse-Family Partnership; Joe Dacca, University of Washington; Shrounda Selivanoff, Children's Home Society; Diana Stadden, The Arc of Washington State; Adrienne Stuart, Washington State Developmental Disabilities Council; Alex Moettler, Self Advocates in Leadership; Arin Long, Quixote Communities; Dan Wise, Catholic Community Services; Paul Gardiner, National Alliance on Mental Illness Washington; Bill Moore, Round Lake; Lisa Robbe, Office of Developmental Disabilities Ombuds; Jeff DeLuca, Washington State Community Action Partnership; Erica Hallock, Start Early Washington; Sandra Aguilar; Courtney Williams, Community Employment Alliance; Maria Dullovi; Jay Jennings, Office of the Secretary of State; Alan Burke, Washington State School Retirees' Association; Lauren Baba, University of Washington Medicine; Bob Cooper, Washington Association of Drug Courts and National Association of Social Workers – Washington State Chapter; Joel Ryan, Washington State Association of Head Start and Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program; Margaret Babayan, Washington State Budget and Policy Center; Karlee Deatherage, RE Sources; Shannon Moore, Puget Sound Gillnet Fishermen; Carol Frazey; Laura Ellsworth, Council for the Homeless; Lawrence Solomon, Lummi Nation; Roswell Cline, Sr., Nooksack Tribe; Jennifer Kilmer, Washington State Historical Society; Matthew Lang, Seattle Transit Riders Union and Washington Low Income Housing Alliance; Mara Machulsky, City of Walla Walla; Kate Ginn, First 5 FUNdamentals; Aaron Czyzewski, Food Lifeline; Michael Moran, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation; Katherine Mahoney, Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction; Pat Montgomery, HealthPoint; and Mindy Woods, Resident Action Project.
 
(Opposed to the original bill) Laura Smith, Self Advocates In Leadership; Larry Delaney, Washington Education Association; Bill Lyne, United Faculty of Washington State; Tod Petersen, Northwest Motorcycle Association; Jim King, Independent Business Association; Carolyn Brotherton, American Federation of Teachers Washington; and Kenneth Geist, Renton Technical College.
 
(Other testimony on the original bill) Josephine Tamayo Murray, Communities of Concern Commission; Ray Deck, Washington Association for Children and Families; Tommy Gantz, Association of Washington Business; Dana Ralph, City of Kent; Kim Roscoe, City of Fife; Nancy Backus, City of Auburn; Briahna Murray, City of Kent; Rick Chisa, Public School Employees of Washington; Pat McCarthy, Office of the State Auditor; Cherie Berthon, State Board for Community and Technical Colleges; Gary Locke, Bellevue College; Becca Kenna-Schenk, Western Washington University; Sandra Toussaint, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 28 Washington Federation of State Employees; Preston Dwoskin; Seamus Petrie, Washington Public Employees Association; Jill May, Washington Association for Children and Families; Scott Sigmon, LeadingAge Washington; Jeff Gombosky, Washington Health Care Association; Jakob Perry, Washington Off-Highway Vehicle Alliance; Michael Mirra, Tacoma Housing Authority; Chris Mulick, Washington State University; Mara Machulsky and Kathryn Gardow, Washington State Public Works Board; Emily Brice, Northwest Health Law Advocates; Mary Fischer, Institute for Family Development; Lucero Padron, Community Colleges Coalition; Aundrea Jackson, Crisis Connections; and Zanaasha Johnson, Tacoma Housing Authority.

Hearing Date March 27, 2021

(In support of the proposed substitute bill) Candice Bock, Association of Washington Cities; Christina Wong, Northwest Harvest; Claire Lane, Anti-Hunger and Nutrition Coalition; Josephine Tamayo Murray, Communities of Concern Commission; Ellen Abellera, Fil-Am Resources for Educational Advancement for Culture and Technology; Nina Martinez, Latino Civic Alliance; Toni Lodge and Maureen Rosette, The NATIVE Project; Andrew Joseph, Jr., Colville Tribe; Amy Brackenbury, Public Health Roundtable; Paul Ramsey, University of Washington Medicine; Clayton Lewis, Harborview Board of Trustees; Jay Jennings, Office of the Secretary of State; Emily Murphy, Children's Alliance and Early Learning Action Alliance; Leslie Emerick, Home Care Association of Washington; Sandy Lennon, Washington School-Based Health Alliance; Jaime Bodden, Washington State Association of Local Public Health Officials; Ivanova Smith, Self Advocates In Leadership; Becca Kenna-Schenk, Western Washington University; Lisa Humes-Schulz, Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii; Lili Navarrete, Raiz of Planned Parenthood Greater Washington and North Idaho; Dawn Rains, Treehouse; Chris Mulick, Washington State University; JoAnn Taricani, University of Washington School of Music; Joe Dacca, University of Washington; Eli Goss, OneAmerica; Joan Miller, Washington Council for Behavioral Health; Toni Sarge, WestSide Baby; Brad Banks, Behavioral Health Administrative Services Organizations; Mitch Denning, Washington School Nutrition Association; Linda Benson, Nourishing Networks; Holly Cocci, Goodwill Industries; Katherine Mahoney, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction; Cesar Torres, Northwest Justice Project; Rick Chisa, Public School Employees of Washington; Karen Hanan, Washington State Arts Commission; Emily Ho, Sound Communities; Lynette Brower, Washington State Skills Centers Association; Terri Anderson, Action DD-Ruckelshaus Workgroup; Laurie Weidner, Professional Educator Standards Board; Cariño Barragán Talancón, Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network; Manuel Cawaling, Inspire Washington; Jake Perrine, Orcas Center; Kathleen Allen, Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra; Victoria Helwick, Port Angeles Schools; and Samuel Martin, Washington Coalition for Homeless Youth Advocacy.
 
(Opposed to the proposed substitute bill) Anthony Nash and Robert Wardell, Self Advocates In Leadership; and Julie Clark.
 
(Other testimony on the proposed substitute bill) Kate Baber, Downtown Emergency Service Center; Michele Thomas, Washington Low Income Housing Alliance; Laurie Lippold, Partners for Our Children; Jim Theofelis, A Way Home Washington; Melanie Smith, National Alliance on Mental Illness Washington; Ray Deck, Skookum Kids; Michael Mirra, Tacoma Housing Authority; Megan Harney and Patrick Leonard, Midas Education; Lance Morehouse, Sherwood Community Services; Troy Christensen, Rainbow Center; Bob Cooper, Washington Association of Drug Courts; Seamus Petrie, Washington Public Employees Association; Elizabeth Trautman, The Mockingbird Society; Katara Jordan, Building Changes; Diana Stadden, The Arc of Washington State; Mark Putnam, Y Social Impact Center; Toni Lodge and Maureen Rosette, The NATIVE Project; Andrew Joseph, Jr., Colville Tribe; Alan Burke, Washington State School Retirees' Association; Nikki Brown, Community Youth Services; Matt Zuvich, Washington Federation of State Employees; Lorrell Noahr, Washington Education Association; KC Chiu; Lianna Kressin, Statewide Poverty Action Network; Neil Weiss and Gina Wassemiller, F.I.R.S.T. Clinic; Ryan Mello, Pierce County Council; Shrounda Selivanoff and Charlie Gates, Children's Home Society of Washington; Dan Wise, Catholic Community Services; Mindy Woods, Resident Action Project; Jeff DeLuca, Washington State Community Action Partnership; Darya Farivar, Disability Rights Washington; Joshua Stuller; Arlen Harris, State Board for Community and Technical Colleges; Bill Lyne, United Faculty of Washington State; Susan Carter, Hopelink; Nicholas Arndt; Josh Castle, Low Income Housing Institute; Andrea Ornelas, Laborers Local 242; Erin Haick, Service Employees International Union 925; Kathryn Gardow and Jeralee Anderson, Washington State Public Works Board; Jorge Baron, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project; Adrienne Stuart, Washington State Developmental Disabilities Council; Melissa Gombosky, Association of Educational Service Districts; Kia Franklin, Stand for Children; Paul Jewell, Washington State Association of Counties; Alex Motteler, Self Advocates In Leadership; Mya Leonhard and Nyla Coleman, Communities for Our Colleges Coalition; Michone Preston, Habitat for Humanity of Washington State; Maureen Fife, Tacoma/Pierce County Habitat for Humanity; Jessica Monger, Washington State Opportunity Scholarship; Jen Drake, Cascade Park Communities; Scott Sigmon, LeadingAge Washington; Sandra Hurd, Avamere Family of Companies; Shelly Hughes, North Cascades Health and Rehabilitation Center; Marlita Basada, Wesley Homes Des Moines Healthcare Center; Jeff Gombosky, Washington Health Care Association; Courtney Williams, Community Employment Alliance; Noreen Light, Rocio Lopez, Paula Bond, and Joanne Glant, Washington  Coalition for Prison Reform; Elise McKinnon; Judith Ramseyer, Superior Court Judges' Association; Bridget Molina, Advocate, City of Seattle Race and Social Justice; Marissa Rathbone, Washington State School Directors' Association; Nick Federici, United Ways of the Pacific Northwest and Washington 211; Tim Sullivan, Washington 211 and People for People; Dean Lum, King County Superior Court; Melinda Nichols, Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Employment for Women; Carolyn Logue, Washington Denturist Association; Russell Brown, Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys; and Juliana Roe and Mellani McAleenan, Washington State Association of Counties.
Persons Signed In To Testify But Not Testifying:
None.