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Washington State Senate Senate Committee Services Senator Christine Rolfes, Chair PO Box 40466 Washington State Senate Senator David Frockt, Vice Chair, Capital Olympia, WA 98504-0466 Ways & Means Committee Senator June Robinson, Vice Chair, (360) 786-7400 Operating & Revenue Senator Lynda Wilson, Ranking Member Senator Sharon Brown, Assistant Ranking Member, Operating Senator Jim Honeyford, Assistant Ranking Member, Capital Senator Mark Schoesler, Assistant Ranking Member, Capital February 17, 2021 1:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY Public Hearing: 1. SSB 5227 - Requiring diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism training and assessments at institutions of higher education. (Remote testimony.) (Randall/Michele Alishahi) 2. SSB 5228 - Addressing disproportionate health outcomes by building a foundation of equity in medical training. (Remote testimony.) (Randall/Michele Alishahi) 3. SSB 5321 - Expanding access to the college bound scholarship. (Remote testimony.) (Nobles/Michele Alishahi) 4. SSB 5268 - Transforming services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities by increasing the capabilities of community residential settings and redesigning the long-term nature of intermediate care facilities. (Remote testimony.) (Keiser/Maria Hovde) 5. SB 5258 - Concerning consumer directed employers. (Remote testimony.) (Cleveland/Maria Hovde) 6. SSB 5259 - Concerning law enforcement data collection. (Remote testimony.) (Nobles/Julie Murray) 7. SSB 5163 - Concerning the placement and treatment of conditionally released sexually violent predators. (Remote testimony.) (Rolfes/Kayla Hammer) 8. SSB 5245 - Concerning the safety of crime victims. (Remote testimony.) (Brown/Kayla Hammer) 9. SSB 5036 - Concerning the release of incarcerated individuals from total confinement prior to the expiration of a sentence. (Remote testimony.) (Dhingra/Sarian Scott) 10. SSB 5304 - Providing reentry services to persons releasing from state and local institutions. (Remote testimony.) (Wilson, C./Corban Nemeth) 11. SB 5328 - Concerning clubhouses for persons with mental illness. (Remote testimony.) (Lovelett/Corban Nemeth) To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules Committee Members: Sen. Christine Rolfes, Chair | Sen. David Frockt, Vice Chair, Capital | Sen. June Robinson, Vice Chair, Operating & Revenue | Sen. Lynda Wilson, Ranking Member | Sen. Sharon Brown, Assistant Ranking Member, Operating | Sen. Jim Honeyford, Assistant Ranking Member, Capital | Sen. Mark Schoesler, Assistant Ranking Member, Capital | Sen. John Braun | Sen. Reuven Carlyle | Sen. Steve Conway | Sen. Jeannie Darneille | Sen. Manka Dhingra | Sen. Chris Gildon | Sen. Bob Hasegawa | Sen. Sam Hunt | Sen. Karen Keiser | Sen. Marko Liias | Sen. Mark Mullet | Sen. Ron Muzzall | Sen. Jamie Pedersen | Sen. Ann Rivers | Sen. Kevin Van De Wege | Sen. Keith Wagoner | Sen. Judy Warnick | Sen. Lisa Wellman 12. SSB 5141 - Reducing environmental and health disparities and improving the health of all Washington state residents by implementing the recommendations of the environmental justice task force. (Remote testimony.) (Saldaña/Corban Nemeth) 13. SSB 5293 - Addressing mental health sentencing alternatives. (Remote testimony.) (Nobles/Kayla Hammer) 14. SSB 5353 - Creating a partnership model that facilitates community engagement with law enforcement. (Remote testimony.) (Conway/Trevor Press) Executive Session: 1. SSB 5119 - Concerning individuals in custody. (Darneille/Sarian Scott) 2. SSB 5052 - Concerning the creation of health equity zones. (Keiser/Corban Nemeth) 3. SB 5068 - Improving maternal health outcomes by extending coverage during the postpartum period. (Randall/Sandy Stith) 4. SB 5004 - Providing a tax exemption for medical marijuana patients. (Keiser/Alia Kennedy) 5. SSB 5211 - Authorizing tax increment financing for local governments. (Frockt/Alia Kennedy) Possible other business. Meeting is scheduled to end at 6:00 p.m. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSIRemote/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules Committee Members: Sen. Christine Rolfes, Chair | Sen. David Frockt, Vice Chair, Capital | Sen. June Robinson, Vice Chair, Operating & Revenue | Sen. Lynda Wilson, Ranking Member | Sen. Sharon Brown, Assistant Ranking Member, Operating | Sen. Jim Honeyford, Assistant Ranking Member, Capital | Sen. Mark Schoesler, Assistant Ranking Member, Capital | Sen. John Braun | Sen. Reuven Carlyle | Sen. Steve Conway | Sen. Jeannie Darneille | Sen. Manka Dhingra | Sen. Chris Gildon | Sen. Bob Hasegawa | Sen. Sam Hunt | Sen. Karen Keiser | Sen. Marko Liias | Sen. Mark Mullet | Sen. Ron Muzzall | Sen. Jamie Pedersen | Sen. Ann Rivers | Sen. Kevin Van De Wege | Sen. Keith Wagoner | Sen. Judy Warnick | Sen. Lisa Wellman .
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