SENATE BILL REPORT
SB 5950
As of February 16, 2024
Title: An act relating to fiscal matters.
Brief Description: Making 2023-2025 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations.
Sponsors: Senators Robinson, Nobles and Trudeau; by request of Office of Financial Management.
Brief History:
Committee Activity: Ways & Means: 1/09/24, 2/19/24.
Brief Summary of Bill
  • Makes supplemental operating budget appropriations for the 2023-2025 biennium.
SENATE COMMITTEE ON WAYS & MEANS
Staff: Samuel Brown (786-7470)
Background:

The operating expenses of state government and its agencies and programs are funded on a biennial basis by an omnibus operating budget adopted by the Legislature in odd-numbered years.  In subsequent legislative sessions, a supplemental budget is adopted, making various modifications to agency appropriations.  State operating expenses are paid from the state general fund and from various dedicated funds and accounts.
Summary of Bill:

The bill as referred to committee not considered.
Summary of Bill (Proposed Substitute):

The 2023-2025 biennial operating budget appropriations for the various agencies and programs of the state are modified.
Appropriation: The bill modifies appropriations from various accounts.
Fiscal Note: Not requested.
Creates Committee/Commission/Task Force that includes Legislative members: No.
Effective Date: The bill contains an emergency clause and takes effect immediately.
Staff Summary of Public Testimony (January 9, 2024):

Please refer to the January 9, 2024 recording of the public hearing on the Senate Ways & Means Committee Schedules, Agendas & Documents website at https://tvw.org/video/senate-ways-means-2024011119/?eventID=2024011119.
Persons Testifying (January 9, 2024):

K-12 Public Schools.  PRO:  Melissa  Gombosky, AESD; Larry Delaney, Washington Education Association; Tyler Muench, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction; Ramona Hattendorf, The Arc of King County; Andrew Villeneuve, Northwest Progressive Institute; Marissa  Rathbone, Washington State School Directors' Association.


OTHER:  Nancy Chamberlain, Washington State PTA; Jeanne Willard, Everett Public Schools; Vicki Wolvert, Union High School/Evergreen School District; Kia Franklin, Stand for Children WA; Samantha Fogg, Seattle Council PTSA Immediate Past President; Mitch Denning, Alliance of Educational Associations; Bob Cooper, National Association of Social Workers WA Chapter; Henterson Carlisle, Center for High School Success.


Higher Education.  PRO:  Morgan Hickel, University of Washington; Joel Anderson, Washington Student Achievement Council; Stephanie Winner, State Board for Community and Technical Colleges; Sandy Kaiser, The Evergreen State College; David Buri, Eastern Washington University.


OTHER:  Steve DuPont, Central Washington University; Chris Mulick, Washington State University; Nora Selander, Western Washington University.


Early Learning.  PRO:  Cathy Murahashi, The Arc of Washington.


OTHER:  Melissa Johnson, Washington State Association of Head Start & ECEAP; Pauli Owen; Kristin Wiggins, Perigee Fund / P5RHS; Maya Hemachandra, United Way of Snohomish County; Emily Murphy, Child Care Aware of Washington; Logan Endres, BrightSpark Early Learning.


Employee Compensation.  PRO:  Clair Olivers, Retired Public Employees Council of WA.


OTHER:  Peter Diedrick, WA State School Retirees' Association.


Mental Health.  PRO:  Anna  Nepomuceno, NAMI Washington; Rashi Gupta, UW Medicine; Joan Miller, WA Council for Behavioral Health; Shannon Dorsey; Katie Kolan, Unite Us and Kooth; Cameron Long, Evergreen Treatment Services; Chloe Gale, Evergreen Treatment Services.


OTHER:  Jim Polo, WA Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics; Heidi Suarez.


Human Services.  PRO:  Jim Theofelis, NorthStar Advocates; Brad Forbes, Alzheimer's Association; Cathy Knight, WA Association of Area Agencies on Aging (W4A); Aaron Czyzewski, Food Lifeline.


CON:  Aaron Dickson, Community Employment Alliance; Nikki Wegner, Community Employment Alliance; Blake Duarte.


OTHER:  Zack Wester; Nikki Storms; Jill  May, Washington Association for Children and Families; Julie  Brown, YMCA Social Impact Center; Charles Smith, The Mockingbird Society; Samuel Martin, Washington Coalition on Homeless Youth Advocacy; Melissa Johnson, Community Residential Services Association; Laurie Lippold, Partners for Our Children; Alyssa Odegaard, LeadingAge Washington; Laura Dow, Kinship Navigator Program; Demas Nesterenko, SEIU775; Tammi Elswick, Heritage House Morton; Michelle Dube, Beehive Retirement Center; Sandy Lennon, Washington School-Based Health Alliance; Carolyn Driscoll, The Sequoia Assisted Living Community; Leslie Emerick, Home Care Association of Washington (HCAW); Michele Thomas, Washington Low Income Housing Alliance; Nathan Daniel; Teri Bryant; Jeff Guyett, Community Action Council of Whitman County; Anthony Ives, Kitsap Community Resources; Galina Volchkova, Volunteers of America Western Washington; Stacy Kellogg, People for People; Nicole Gomez, Washington Federation of State Employees; Noah Seidel, Office of Developmental Disabilities Ombuds.


Natural Resources.  PRO:  Graham Taylor, NPCA; John Floberg, Washington State Parks Foundation.


OTHER:  Carly Michiels, Washington Public Ports Association.


All Other.  PRO:  Christopher Stanley, Administrative Office of the Courts; Larry Jefferson, Director, Washington State Office of Public Defense; Melissa Johnson, District & Municipal Court Judges Association; John Seng, Spark Northwest; Sara Robbins, Office of Civil Legal Aid; Candice Bock, Association of Washington Cities; Steve Hobbs, Office of Secretary of State; Cindy Arends Elsberry, WA Defender Assn/WA Assn of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Daniel Poppe; Megan Larkin, Climate Solutions; Preston Parish, Washington State Budget and Policy Center.


CON:  John Worthington.


OTHER:  Michael White, King County; Mike Fancher, Washington Coalition for Open Government.
Persons Signed In To Testify But Not Testifying (January 9, 2024): No one.