HOUSE BILL REPORT

HB 2325

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 Reported by House Committee On:

Appropriations

Title: An act relating to fiscal matters.

Brief Description: Making 2019-2021 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations.

Sponsors: Representatives Ormsby, Bergquist and Wylie; by request of Office of Financial Management.

Brief History:

Committee Activity:

Appropriations: 1/13/20, 2/24/20, 2/26/20 [DPS].

Brief Summary of Substitute Bill

  • Makes supplemental changes to operating budget 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; Robinson, 1st Vice Chair; Bergquist, 2nd Vice Chair; Chopp, Cody, Dolan, Fitzgibbon, Hansen, Hudgins, Kilduff, Macri, Pettigrew, Pollet, Ryu, Senn, Springer, Sullivan, Tarleton and Tharinger.

Minority Report: Do not pass. Signed by 14 members: Representatives Stokesbary, Ranking Minority Member; MacEwen, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; Rude, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; Caldier, Chandler, Corry, Dye, Hoff, Kraft, Mosbrucker, Schmick, Steele, Sutherland and Ybarra.

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 kindergarten through grade 12 public schools.

The 2019-21 Biennial Operating Budget appropriates $52.5 billion from the Near General Fund-Outlook accounts (General Fund and the Education Legacy Trust Account and the Opportunity Pathways Account). The total budgeted amount, which includes state, federal, and other funds, is $99.3 billion ($99.7 billion including appropriations in other legislation).

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Summary of Substitute Bill:

Near General Fund-Outlook (NGF-O) appropriations for the 2019-21 biennium are increased by a net of $1.2 billion; the total budget is increased by a net of $2.6 billion. The larger net NGF-O increases are in the Health Care Authority ($283 million), the Department of Children, Youth, and Families ($219 million), and the Department of Social and Health Services ($96 million). The larger net total budgeted increases are in the Health Care Authority ($1.4 billion), the Department of Children, Youth, and Families ($207 million), the Department of Social and Health Services ($105 million), and the Department of Commerce ($84 million). In addition, special appropriations includes $100 million for deposit in the Housing Trust Fund and $75 million for permanent supportive housing.

Other changes to the original 2019-21 Biennial Operating Budget are also made.

Substitute Bill Compared to Original Bill:

The substitute bill increases NGF-O appropriations by $388 million, decreases the total budgeted funds by $140 million, and makes other changes. See leap.wa.gov for additional information.

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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 13, 2020, recordings of the public hearing on the original bill.

Please refer to the February 24, 2020, recordings of the public hearing on the proposed substitute bill.

Persons Testifying: Hearing date January 13, 2020, on the original bill.

(In support of original bill) Pat McCarthy, State Auditor; Charles Adkins, Future Generations; Brad Forbes, National Association of Mental Illness of Washington; Steve Dupont, Central Washington University; Nate Humphrey, State Board for Community and Technical Colleges; Jeremy Mohn, The Evergreen State College; Melissa Johnson, Washington State Association of Headstart and Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program; Amy Brackenbury, Washington State Nurses Association; Melanie Smith, Washington State Long-Term Care Ombuds and Wellspring Family Services; Dawn Rains, Treehouse; Sue Elliott, The Arc of Washington; Donna Patrick, Developmental Disabilities Council; Tara Weaver, Washington Council for Behavioral Health; Seamus Petrie, Washington Public Employees Association; Sarah Brady, Child Care Resources; Jay Jennings, Office of the Secretary of State; Dave Mastin, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction; Sandra Toussaint and Matt Zuvich, Washington Federation of State Employees; Carl Schroeder, Association of Washington Cities; Gerry O'Keefe, Washington Public Ports Association; Brad Banks, County Behavioral Health Administrative Services Organizations; Michele Thomas, Washington Low Income Housing Alliance; Claire Lane, Anti-Hunger & Nutrition Coalition; and Celia Jackson, King County.

(Opposed to original bill) Brad Tower, Community Bankers of Washington.

(Other on original bill) Byron Manering, Brigid Collins Family Support Center; Natalya Kinder and Heidi Spencer, Children's Home Society of Washington; Courtney Angeles and Courtney Canova Children's Home Society of Washington; Rick Chisa, Public School Employees of Washington; Janice Kutzera, Washington State Parent Teacher Association; Lorrell Noahr, Washington Education Association; Bob Cooper, Washington State Association of Drug Court Professionals; Becca Kenna-Schenk, Western Washington University; Chris Mulick, Washington State University; Alicia Ferris, Community Youth Services; Jill Malat and Jim Bamberger, Office of Civil Legal Aid; Morgan Hickel, University of Washington; Laurie Lippold, Partners for Our Children; Erica Hallock, Family Impact Network; Annie Blackledge, The Mockingbird Society; Emily Murphy, Early Learning Action Alliance; Shoshanna Wineburg, Washington Coalition for Homeless Youth Advocacy; Leslie Emerick, Home Care Association of Washington; Jeff Clare, Olive Crest; Marie Sullivan, Washington Mathematics, Engineering, Science, Achievement First Nations Program; Bryan McConaughy, Paratransit Services; Peter Diedrick, Washington State School Retirees' Association; Jeff Gombosky, Washington Health Care Association; Scott Sigmon, Leading Age Washington; Nick Federici, Service Employees International Union 775 Northwest; Jonathan Pleger, Community Employment Alliance; Julie Watts, Washington State Budget & Policy Center; Paul Jewell, Washington State Association of Counties; and Brian Sims, Washington State School Director's Association.

Hearing date February 24, 2020, on the proposed substitute bill.

(In support of the substitute bill) Kelly Blucher; Emily Carmichael; Laura Ellsworth, Council for the Homeless; Jay Jennings, Office of the Secretary of State; Kate Baber, Downtown Emergency Service Center; Dave Mastin, Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction; Sandra Toussaint, Washington Federation of State Employees; Demas Nesterenko, Service Employees International Union 775; Paul Jewell, Washington State Association of Counties; Scott Hazlegrove, Washington State Auto Dealers Association; Gabriel Ash, Catholic Community Services; Jeremy Norden Paul, Developmental Disabilities Council; Sean Graham, Washington State Medical Association; Rick Chisa, Public School Employees of Washington; Brad Banks, County Behavioral Health Administration Services Organization and Home Care Coalition; John Burbank, Economic Opportunity Institute; Michael Moran, Washington State School Retirees Association and Colville Tribe; Jeff Gombosky, Washington Health Care Association; Alyssa Odegaard, Leading Age Washington; Emily Murphy, Early Learning Action Alliance and Children's Alliance; Erin Haick, Service Employees International Union 925; Seamus Petrie, Washington Public Employees Association; Antonio Sanchez, Central Washington University; Marissa Rathbone, Washington State School Directors' Association; Nick Federici, United Way of King County, United Ways of the Pacific Northwest, and Washington 2-1-1; and April Putney, King County.

(Opposed to the substitute bill) None.

(Other on the substitute bill) Nathan LaChine; Lianna Kressin, Partners for Our Children; Mindy Woods, Resident Action Project; LaDessa Croucher, Dispute Resolution Center and Volunteers of America; Rachael Myers and Michele Thomas, Washington Low Income Housing Alliance; Rob Roettger; Franklin Day; Tom Arlt; Jamie Weingart; Debbie Graham, Pacific Treatment Alternatives and Snohomish County Parent-Child Assistance Program; Brittney Brenton, Snohomish County Parent-Child Assistance Program; Linda Segur, Agape Unlimited and Kitsap County Parent-Child Assistance Program; Natayla Kinder; Amy Reynolds, Share-Vancouver; Dave Newell, Children's Home Society of Washington; Annie Blackledge, The Mockingbird Society; Shoshana Wineburg, Washington Coalition for Homeless Youth Advocacy; Cynthia Stewart, League of Women Voters; Julie Salvi, Washington Education Association; Janice Kutzera, Washington State Parent Teacher Association; Marie Sullivan, Pasco School District; Courtney Williams, Community Employment Alliance; Jim Theofelis, A Way Home Washington; Leslie Emerick, Home Care Association of Washington, Washington State Hospice & Palliative Care Organization, and Washington East Asian Medicine Association; Bob Cooper, Washington State Association of Drug Court Professionals; Candice Bock, Association of Washington Cities; Mara Machulsky and Karin Berkholz, Public Works Board; Dan Wise and Christine Crossley, Catholic Charities Services of Western Washington; Brad Forbes, National Alliance on Mental Illness-Washington; Jeff DeLuca, Washington Community Action Partnership; Gerry O'Keefe, Washington Public Ports Association; Jeff Clare and Cindy Steele, Washington Association for Children and Families; Christina Wong, Northwest Harvest; Claire Lane, Anti-Hunger & Nutrition Coalition; Amy Brackenbury, School Nurses of Washington and Public Health Roundtable; Melissa Johnson, Community Residential Services Association; Becca Kenna-Schenk, Western Washington University; Morgan Hickel, University of Washington; Matthew Sutherland, Graduate and Professional Student Association; David Buri, Eastern Washington University; Sheena Tomar, Service Employees International Union 775 Benefits Group; Briahna Murray, The Washington Center; Chris Mulick, Washington State University; Aaron Czyzewski, Food Lifeline; Carolyn Logue, Washington Food Industry Association; Melanie Smith, Wellspring Family Services and Washington State Long-Term Care Ombuds Program; Jim Hedrick, Daybreak Youth Services; Kenny Pittman, Catholic Community Services of Western Washington; David Lord, Disability Rights Washington; Steve Gano, Building Industry Association of Washington; and Lee Phillips, Sunrise Services, Incorporated.

Persons Signed In To Testify But Not Testifying: None.