Ron Muzzall – Senate Ways & Means Committee

State Senator Ron Muzzall (R-Oak Harbor) serves on the Senate Ways & Means Committee. The committee has scheduled a meeting for Thu., Feb. 1, 2024 at 1:30 PM in Senate Hearing Room 4, J.A. Cherberg Building in Olympia.

Public Hearing

1. SSB 5784 – Concerning deer and elk damage to commercial crops. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
2. SSB 5972 – Concerning the use of neonicotinoid pesticides. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
3. SB 6036 – Concerning agriculture pest and disease response. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
4. SSB 5825 – Concerning guardianship and conservatorship. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
5. SSB 5828 – Concerning water rights adjudication commissioners and referees. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
6. SSB 6006 – Supporting victims of human trafficking and sexual abuse. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
7. SSB 5893 – Providing gate money to incarcerated individuals at the department of corrections. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
8. SSB 6021 – Reducing fees and expenses for services for people confined to correctional facilities. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
9. SB 5981 – Concerning the indeterminate sentence review board. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
10. SB 6285 – Ensuring the timely and balanced use of impact fees. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
11. SB 6301 – Concerning basic law enforcement academy. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
12. SB 5967 – Concerning an exemption to the leasehold excise tax for leases on public lands. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
13. SSB 5118 – Modifying the multifamily property tax exemption to promote development of long-term affordable housing. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
14. SB 6013 – Expanding the homeownership development property tax exemption to include real property sold to low-income households for building residences using mutual self-help housing construction. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
15. SB 6076 – Granting local taxing authority to fund criminal justice. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify

Executive Session

1. SGA 9357 – Drew Shirk, Director, Department of Revenue.
2. SB 6099 – Creating the tribal opioid prevention and treatment account.
3. SB 5839 – Modifying the working families’ tax credit by clarifying the refundable nature of the credit, the application requirements, and the eligibility verification process.
4. SB 5897 – Modifying provisions of the business licensing service program.
5. SB 5915 – Extending an existing hazardous substance tax exemption for certain agricultural crop protection products that are temporarily warehoused but not otherwise used, manufactured, packaged, or sold in the state of Washington.
6. SB 5827 – Adding an additional superior court judge in Whatcom county.
7. SB 5836 – Adding an additional superior court judge in Clark county.
8. SB 5837 – Codifying the state election database to publish, evaluate, and analyze certain election data.

Meeting is scheduled to end at 6:00 p.m. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/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