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. 216, 2026 at 1:30 PM in Senate Hearing Room 4, J.A. Cherberg Building in Olympia.

Public Hearing

1. E2SHB 2034 – Concerning termination and restatement of plan 1 of the law enforcement officers’ and firefighters’ retirement system. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
2. EHB 2179 – Concerning membership in the public employees’ retirement system for port workers who participate in a federal railroad retirement plan, a union-sponsored defined benefit retirement plan, or another employer-funded private pension plan. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning membership in the public employees’ retirement system for port workers who participate in a federal railroad retirement plan.) (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
3. 2ESHB 1210 – Concerning targeted urban area tax preferences. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
4. ESHB 1408 – Establishing funding for community preservation and development authorities approved through RCW 43.167.060. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
5. E2SHB 1974 – Establishing land banking authorities. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
6. SHB 2650 – Concerning notifications and effective dates for department of revenue administration of certain excise taxes. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
7. ESHB 2442 – Providing local governments tax resources and fund flexibility. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
8. E2SHB 2523 – Concerning the community reinvestment program. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify

Executive Session

1. SB 6003 – Concerning the capital budget.
2. HB 2441 – Concerning medical insurance premium reimbursements for surviving spouses of line of duty deaths.
3. HB 2124 – Concerning the threshold for payment of a lump sum retirement allowance in lieu of a monthly benefit.
4. SHB 2133 – Making the property tax exemption for multipurpose senior citizen centers permanent.
5. HB 2610 – Ensuring nonprofit housing providers qualify for a property tax exemption when the property is temporarily used for certain community purposes other than affordable housing.
6. E2SHB 2251 – Concerning climate commitment act accounts.

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