Dear PSARA Executive Board and Activists,

 

Thank you for signing in on last week’s bills with a special shout-out to PSARA member Paul Muldoon who testified in opposition to SB 5821, one of the four bills concerning nuclear power we are opposing. 

 

TOP ACTION ITEM

 

Our top priority is SJM 8002, Level the Playing Field. Please click on https://app.leg.wa.gov/pbc/bill/8002 to send a message to your Senator and Representatives  asking them to request of Senate leadership that they pull SJM 8002 from Rules and bring to the Senate floor for a vote. 

 

HEARINGS WEEK 2 

 

Our lobbyist, Nancy Sapiro will sign in on all bills for PSARA. Click on the bill links below to go directly to the appropriate site to sign in as an individual.  If you are signing in as an individual, you must sign in at least one hour before the hearing begins. You can sign in for all bills at the same time. You do not have to wait until the day of the hearing to sign in. This is not an exhaustive list of hearings you may be interested in. It does reflect our priorities and some priorities of allies. 

 

Please note we are con on HB 2103. All other bills we are signing in pro. Have a good week. Best, Pam

 

Tuesday, Jan. 20

SB 6002 Driver Privacy Protection Senate Law and Justice at 8:00 a.m. pro

HB 2332 Driver Privacy Protection House Civil Rights and Judiciary at 10:30 a.m. pro

SB 5852 Immigrant Worker Protections Senate Labor and Commerce at 10:30 a.m. pro

SB 6045 Collective Bargaining Farmworkers Senate Labor and Commerce at 10:30 a.m. pro

SB 6173 Creating an apple health employer assessment. Senate Ways and Means at 4:00 p.m. pro

HB 2103 (companion 6004) Authorizing certain public entities to contract for the capability of renewable or nonemitting electric generation projects. House Local Government at 10:30 a.m. con

Thursday, Jan. 22

HB 2100 Payroll Expense Tax (Well WA Fund) House Finance at 1:30 p.m. pro

 

The link to the specific bill sign-in page is embedded in the bill numbers.  Just click and the link should open in your browser.  If it does not work follow the directions below the list of Bills:

 

Here is the link for signing in on the above priority bills as an individual without testifying. Leave the organization space blank.https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi If the link doesn’t work, copy and paste in your browser.  

How to State Your Position on a Bill Without Testifying

1. Select the committee and meeting date and time, then select the bill for which you would like to register.

2. Select “I would like my position noted for the legislative record.” Registration will close 1 hour before the start time of the hearing.

3. Ensure your registration information is accurate. Your registered position will be made available to legislative members and staff of the committee, and will be included in the legislative record for bill and meeting archival purposes, but will not be used as part of testimony summary materials on the bill report.

Visit PSARA’s website filled with tons of information on PSARA happenings including our 2024 state legislative agenda and Lobby Day information. https://www.psara.org/ 

 

Check out TVW.org to watch both live and archived hearings. I highly recommend the legislative review that you can watch daily for highlights from hearings and floor action. https://tvw.org/shows/legislative-review/