Washington State Senate
	Introduction and First Reading of Bills, Memorials, Joint Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions
	2024 Regular Session of the 68th Legislature

DENNY HECK, President of the Senate		KAREN KEISER, President Pro Tem
SARAH BANNISTER, Secretary of the Senate		JOHN LOVICK, Vice President Pro Tem
February 8, 2024 - Thursday		32ND DAY

FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS
	HB 1153	By Representatives Peterson, Fitzgibbon, Berry, Walen, Bateman, Goodman, Leavitt, Macri, Gregerson, Stonier, Pollet and Fosse Prohibiting octopus farming. Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE, WATER, NATURAL RESOURCES & PARKS.
	2ESHB 1377	By House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Santos, Reed and Ortiz-Self) Posting of approved courses and providers of continuing education. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
	2ESHB 1508	By House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Macri, Riccelli, Simmons, Fitzgibbon, Berry, Alvarado, Bateman, Ormsby, Doglio, Reed, Callan, Stonier, Tharinger and Bergquist) Improving consumer affordability through the health care cost transparency board. Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.
	2E2SHB 1541	By House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Farivar, Couture, Mena, Pollet, Taylor, Ortiz-Self, Street, Thai, Reed, Waters, Fosse, Caldier, Simmons, Davis, Alvarado, Schmidt, Ryu, Griffey, Ramel, Barnard, Orwall, Hackney, Bergquist, Walen, Berry, Tharinger, Peterson, Goodman, Volz, Eslick, Stonier, Gregerson, Riccelli, Ormsby, Kloba, Doglio, Bateman, Macri and Duerr) Establishing the nothing about us without us act. Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & ELECTIONS.
	EHB 1714	By Representatives Stonier, Senn, Callan, Kloba, Santos, Bergquist and Timmons Allowing school districts to apply for financial literacy education professional development grants. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
	SHB 1800	By House Committee on Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry (originally sponsored by Representatives Barkis, Donaghy, Eslick, Fey, Barnard, Robertson, Stokesbary, Chambers, Abbarno, Christian and McClintock) Concerning criminal penalties and restitution for graffiti. Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.
	HB 1890	By Representatives Alvarado, Klicker, Peterson, Bateman, Connors, Macri, Corry, Barkis, Berry, Morgan, Leavitt, Tharinger, Reed, Ormsby, Barnard, Street, Gregerson, Reeves and Chopp Concerning housing authorities. Referred to Committee on HOUSING.
	SHB 1911	By House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Taylor, Cheney, Ortiz-Self, Reed, Simmons, Ormsby, Reeves, Fosse and Davis; by request of Office of Public Defense) Concerning activities in which the office of public defense may engage without violating the prohibition on providing direct representation of clients. Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.
	SHB 1924	By House Committee on Environment & Energy (originally sponsored by Representatives Shavers, Ryu, Barnard, Stearns and Wylie) Promoting the integration of fusion technology within state clean energy policies. Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.
	HB 1978	By Representatives Rule, Volz, Ryu, Ramel, Ormsby and Reeves; by request of Military Department Adding special purpose and junior taxing districts to the intrastate mutual aid system. Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & ELECTIONS.
	SHB 1979	By House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Paul, Leavitt, Duerr, Reed, Ormsby, Callan, Kloba, Doglio, Fosse, Ortiz-Self, Hackney and Shavers) Reducing the cost of inhalers and epinephrine autoinjectors. Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.
	SHB 1985	By House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Timmons, Leavitt, Fitzgibbon, Ryu, Ramos, Ramel, Bateman, Ormsby, Jacobsen, Callan, Rule, Kloba, Street, Doglio, Fosse, Paul, Bergquist, Goodman, Ortiz-Self, Lekanoff, Reeves, Nance, Riccelli, Hackney, Pollet and Shavers; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy) Providing a benefit increase to certain retirees of the public employees' retirement system plan 1 and the teachers' retirement system plan 1. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
	HB 1986	By Representatives Abbarno, Bronoske, Berry, Schmidt, Ramel, Reed, Graham, Timmons, Lekanoff, Reeves, Nance, Riccelli, Wylie and Hackney; by request of Department of Labor & Industries Adding purposes for the use of existing firefighter safety funding. Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.
	SHB 2048	By House Committee on Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry (originally sponsored by Representatives Mosbrucker, Goodman, Graham, Doglio and Davis) Concerning supervision of domestic violence in criminal sentencing. Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.
	HB 2062	By Representatives Schmidt, Ramos and Cheney; by request of Department of Social and Health Services Concerning exemption of certain personnel of the department of social and health services from civil service. Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & ELECTIONS.
	SHB 2165	By House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Kloba, Waters and Reeves; by request of Department of Natural Resources) Concerning the authority of the department of natural resources to determine recreational use fees for activities on agency-managed public lands. Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE, WATER, NATURAL RESOURCES & PARKS.
	SHB 2182	By House Committee on Regulated Substances & Gaming (originally sponsored by Representatives Reeves, Cheney, Leavitt, Reed, Callan and Sandlin) Creating a data dashboard to track use of regulated substances. Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.
	HB 2260	By Representatives Waters, Reeves, Leavitt, Kloba and Cheney; by request of Liquor and Cannabis Board Establishing civil penalties for the unlawful sale or supply of alcohol to minors. Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.