Legislature 2025-26: House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Committee (Dave Paul)

State Representative Dave Paul (D-Oak Harbor) serves on the House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Committee. The committee has scheduled a meeting for Tue., Jan. 27, 2026 at 1:30 PM in House Hearing Room C, John L. O’Brien Building in Olympia.

Public Hearing

1. HB 2438 – Establishing the supporting our early education degree seekers scholarship. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
2. HB 2422 – Concerning private security guards. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
3. HB 2525 – Establishing the heritage orchard program. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
4. HB 2586 – Modifying funding for the passport to careers program and eligibility for the Washington college grant. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify

Possible Executive Session

1. HB 2337 – Concerning training requirements for individual providers caring for a family member.
2. HB 2311 – Concerning workforce education investment accountability and oversight board administrative changes.
3. HB 2286 – Concerning alternative routes to social worker licensure.
4. HB 2324 – Concerning tuition waivers for children of eligible veterans.
5. HB 2363 – Concerning temporary exemptions from licensure for certain applicants for a license to practice music therapy.
6. HB 2098 – Adjusting higher education funding.
7. HB 2088 – Concerning the dietitian licensure compact.

See https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/house for information about viewing and providing public testimony at committee meetings. 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