SENATE BILL REPORT
SSB 5651
As Passed Senate, February 23, 2022
Title: An act relating to the capital budget.
Brief Description: Concerning the capital budget.
Sponsors: Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senator Frockt; by request of Office of Financial Management).
Brief History:
Committee Activity: Ways & Means: 1/13/22, 2/17/22, 2/21/22 [DPS].
Floor Activity: Passed Senate: 2/23/22, 49-0.
Brief Summary of First Substitute Bill
  • Makes supplemental capital budget appropriations for the 2021-2023 biennium.
SENATE COMMITTEE ON WAYS & MEANS
Majority Report: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5651 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass.
Signed by Senators Rolfes, Chair; Frockt, Vice Chair, Capital; Robinson, Vice Chair, Operating & Revenue; Wilson, L., Ranking Member; Brown, Assistant Ranking Member, Operating; Schoesler, Assistant Ranking Member, Capital; Honeyford, Ranking Minority Member, Capital; Billig, Braun, Conway, Dhingra, Gildon, Hasegawa, Hunt, Keiser, Mullet, Muzzall, Pedersen, Rivers, Van De Wege, Wagoner, Warnick and Wellman.
Staff: Shani Bauer (786-7468)
Background:

The programs and agencies of state government are funded on a two-year basis.  The capital budget generally includes appropriations for acquiring, constructing, and repairing capital assets such as land, buildings, and other infrastructure improvements.  Funding for the capital budget is primarily from state general obligation bonds, with other funding derived from various dedicated taxes, fees, and state trust land revenues.  The primary two-year budget is passed in odd-numbered years, and a supplemental budget making adjustments to the two-year budget often is passed during even-numbered years.  The current capital budget covers the period from July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2023.
Summary of First Substitute Bill:

The 2021-2023 biennial capital budget appropriations for the various agencies and programs of the state are modified.  Budget summary materials can be found in the SCS tab in the committee materials for the public hearing.
Appropriation: Various.
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 on Original Bill:

Please refer to the January 13, 2022 recording of the public hearing on the Senate Ways & Means Committee Schedules, Agendas & Documents website at

https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules/#//WM/////year. 
Persons Testifying: K-12 Public Schools.  PRO:  Gene Sementi, Almira School District; Tyler Muench, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction; Sara Betnel, Washington State School Directors’ Association; Mitch Denning, Alliance of Educational Associations; Jim Kawalkowski, Davenport Schools and Rural Ed Center; Jared Mason-Gere, Washington Education Association. 
 
Higher Education.  PRO:  Wayne Doty, State Board for Community and Technical Colleges; Julie White, Pierce College Fort Steilacoom; Morgan Hickel, University of Washington; Steve DuPont, Central Washington University; Nora Selander, The Evergreen State College; Becca Kenna-Schenk, Western Washington University; Chris Mulick, Washington State University. 
 
Human Services.  PRO:  Darya Farivar, Disability Rights Washington; Michele Thomas, Washington Low Income Housing Alliance; Camille Gix, Real Change; Peter Shapiro; Andrew Calkins, King County Housing Authority, Association of Washington Housing Authorities; Christina Wong, Northwest Harvest; Michone Preston, Habitat for Humanity of Washington State; Colleen Carmichael, Quixote Communities; Jeff DeLuca, Washington State Community Action Partnership; Andrew Lyons, Hope Source; Rod Williams, Energy Savers, Inc.; Amy Bettle, Spark Northwest; Laura Baltazar, Firelands Workers Action; Ryan Donohue, Habitat for Humanity Seattle-King and Kittitas Counties; Mark Smith, Housing Consortium of Everett and Snohomish County; Laura Ellsworth, Council for the Homeless; Megan Veith, Building Changes; Josh Castle, LIHI. 
 
Natural Resources.  PRO:  Guy Capoeman, Quinault Indian Nation; DR Michel, Upper Columbia United Tribes; Larry Brown, Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO; Don Goldberg, Port of Bellingham; Justin Allegro, The Nature Conservancy. 
 
All Other.  PRO:  Lisa Lefeber, Port of Everett; Sean Eagan, Port of Tacoma; Eric Fitch, Port of Seattle; Wesley Jessup, Eastern Washington State Historical Society; Emily Alvarado, Enterprise Community Partners; Josephine Tamayo Murray, Communities of Concern Commission; Curt Augustine, Alliance for Automotive Innovation; Amber Carter, Port of Vancouver and Identity Clark County; Robin Koskey, City of Seattle; Victoria Lincoln, WA Public Ports Association.
Persons Signed In To Testify But Not Testifying: No one.
Staff Summary of Public Testimony on Proposed Substitute:

The committee recommended a different version of the bill than what was heard.  Please refer to the February 17, 2022 recording of the public hearing on the Senate Ways & Means Committee Schedules, Agendas & Documents website at
https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules/#//WM/////year. 
Persons Testifying: K-12 Public Schools.  PRO:  Gene Sementi, Almira School District; Tyler Muench, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction; Shani Watkins, West Sound Technical Skills Center; Mitch Denning, Alliance of Educational Associations; Charlie Brown, Skills Center Directors, Bethel School District; Jared Mason-Gere, Washington Education Association; Melissa Gombosky, Spokane Public Schools; Dave Gering, Manufacturing Industrial Council. 
 
Higher Education.  PRO:  Wayne Doty, State Board for Community and Technical Colleges; Julie White, Pierce College Fort Steilacoom; Becca Kenna-Schenk, Western Washington University; Chris Mulick; Steve DuPont, Central Washington University; Morgan Hickel, University of Washington; Nora Selander, The Evergreen State College. 
 
Housing and Human Services.  PRO:  Eric Jensen, EvergreeenHealth Monroe; Christina Wong, Northwest Harvest; Monisha Harrell, Senior Deputy Mayor, City of Seattle; Casey Osborn-Hinman; Jeff DeLuca, Washington State Community Action Partnership; Andrew Lyons, Hope Source; Steve Gelb, Emerald Cities Seattle; Michael Cathcart, Spokane City Council Member; Elizabeth Jennings, Community Action of Skagit County; Michone Preston, Habitat for Humanity of Washington State; Carl Schroeder, Association of Washington Cities; Sarah Brady, ChildHaven. 
 
OTHER:  Michele Thomas, Washington Low Income Housing Alliance; Mindy Woods, Resident Action Project; Cynthia Stewart, League of Women Voters of WA; Kathleen Hosfeld, Community Land Trust Coalition of Washington; Alli Auldridge, Children’s Therapy Center; Poppi Handy, Third Place Design Co-operative; Samuel Martin, The Mockingbird Society, Washington Coalition on Homeless Youth Advocacy; Sheila Babb Anderson, Campion Advocacy Fund; Nadine Woodward, Mayor, City of Spokane; Megan Veith, Building Changes; Jacob Pollowitz, Consultant for Foundation for the Challenged; Heather Lovata, Administrator, Valley Supported Living. 
 
Natural Resources.  PRO:  Justin Allegro, The Nature Conservancy; Hilary Aten, Washington Farmland Trust;  Don Goldberg, Port of Bellingham; Satpal Singh Sidhu, Whatcom County Executive; Larry Brown, WA State Labor Council; DR Michel, Upper Columbia United Tribes. 
 
All Other.  PRO:  Shrounda Selivanoff, Childrens Home Society; Josephine Tamayo Murray, Communities of Concern Commission; Drayton Jackson, Foundation for Homeless & Poverty Management; Diana Sullivan, Foundation for Homeless & Poverty Management; Mara Machulsky, City of Omak; Heather Stebbings, Pacific Northwest Waterways Association; Victoria Lincoln, WA Public Ports Association; Misha Lujan, Economic Alliance Snohomish County. 
 
OTHER:  Amber Carter, Port of Vancouver; Mayor Dan Rankin, Town of Darrington; Olgy Diaz, Forterra.
Persons Signed In To Testify But Not Testifying: No one.