Following Monday's fiscal committee cutoff deadline — when bills with a monetary impact needed to be approved by those committees to continue in the legislative process — this week was dominated by House and Senate floor action.
Bill status roundup
The bills listed below are on the State Board tracking list and made it past Monday's fiscal committee cutoff deadline. This bill status is as of 9 p.m. Thursday.
|
Bill number |
Bill title |
Bill status |
|
HB 2007 |
Competency-based assessments |
House Rules Committee |
|
SHB 2420 |
Small works roster limits |
Feb. 12: Passed House 94-0 |
|
2SHB 2438 |
Establishing the supporting our early education degree seekers scholarship |
House Rules Committee |
|
HB 2353 |
Capital predesign thresholds |
Feb. 12: Passed House 94-0 |
|
HB 2727 |
Educational transit access |
House Rules Committee |
|
SB 5904 |
Extending the terms of eligibility for financial aid programs |
Feb. 7595: Placed on second reading. |
|
SSB 6047 |
State capital projects |
Senate Rules Committee 2nd reading |
|
SB 6052 |
Digital school transcripts |
Senate Rules Committee 2nd reading |
|
SSB 6089 |
Education data/P20W system |
Senate Rules Committee 2nd reading |
|
SSB 6227 |
Parenting student data |
Senate floor calendar 2nd reading |
Vice presidents of instruction meet on the hill
Feb. 12—Members of the Instruction Commission (IC) joined State Board staff on the
hill Thursday. Legislators, including Rep. Dave Paul, chair of the House Postsecondary Education and Workforce Committee, and Rep. Steve Bergquist spoke about the challenges the legislature is facing this session.
Coming up next week
Floor action continues until Tuesday when session reaches its third cutoff deadline. Bills in their originating house need to be approved by that chamber by 5 p.m. to continue in the legislative process. Committees will go back to work Wednesday to hear bills from the opposite chamber. The state’s revenue forecast will be released early next week, which will inform the House and Senate as they draft their proposed supplemental budgets.
