Legislature 2025-26: Senate Ways & Means Committee (Ron Muzzall)

State Senator Ron Muzzall (R-Oak Harbor) serves on the Senate Ways & Means Committee. The committee has scheduled a meeting for Thu., Feb. 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM in Senate Hearing Room 4, J.A. Cherberg Building in Olympia.

Public Hearing

1. SGA 9215 – Katherine D. Chapman-See, Director, Office of Financial Management – Agency Head.
2. SSB 5217 – Expanding pregnancy-related accommodations. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
3. SB 5050 – Concerning the privacy of party selections during presidential primaries. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
4. SB 5738 – Permitting individuals retired from the public employees’ retirement system, the teachers’ retirement system, and the school employees’ retirement system additional opportunities to work for up to 1,040 hours per year while in receipt of pension benefits. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
5. SSB 5083 – Ensuring access to primary care, behavioral health, and affordable hospital services. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
6. SSB 5508 – Concerning the child welfare housing assistance program. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
7. SSB 5643 – Expanding the purview of child fatality and near fatality reviews. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
8. SSB 5253 – Extending special education services to students with disabilities until the end of the school year in which the student turns 22. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
9. SSB 5358 – Concerning career and technical education in sixth grade. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify

Executive Session

1. SGA 9210 – Kathryn Leathers, Director, Department of Retirement Systems – Agency Head.
2. SSB 5101 – Expanding access to leave and safety accommodations to include workers who are victims of hate crimes or bias incidents.
3. SB 5318 – Concerning fingerprint-based background checks.
4. SB 5297 – Concerning the early learning facilities grant and loan program.
5. SB 5541 – Concerning the Washington future fund pilot project.
6. SSB 5124 – Establishing network adequacy standards for skilled nursing facilities and rehabilitation hospitals.
7. SSB 5470 – Establishing limitations on detached accessory dwelling units outside urban growth areas.

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