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Senate Ways & Means advances six bills; substitutes and amendments adopted, weapons measure sent to Transportation
Summary
In executive session the committee adopted substitutes and amendments and recommended most bills be sent to the Rules Committee with a due-pass recommendation; substitute SB 5098 (weapons restrictions on public premises where children are present) was reported without recommendation to the Transportation Committee.
The Washington State Senate Ways & Means Committee met in executive session and moved multiple bills forward. Committee members adopted proposed substitutes and amendments on several measures and voted to forward them to the Rules Committee. The committee also reported one substituted bill without recommendation to the Transportation Committee.
Key actions (voice votes):
- Substitute Senate Bill 5168 (eliminating the state actuary appointment committee and moving duties to the pension funding council): committee adopted a proposed substitute and voted to give the substitute a "due pass" recommendation and send it to the Rules Committee.
- Senate Bill 5306: the committee voted to give the bill a due pass recommendation and send it to the Rules Committee (the transcript records a voice vote; no roll-call tally was provided).
- Senate Bill 5252 (property tax exemption changes for nonprofit assembly halls; an amendment from Senator Robinson was adopted): the committee adopted the amendment, rolled it into a substitute and voted to give substitute SB 5252 a due pass recommendation to the Rules Committee.
- Senate Bill 5316 (technical and administrative changes to the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act): the committee adopted an amendment sponsored by Senator Hasegawa, rolled the amendment into a substitute and voted to give substitute SB 5316 a due pass recommendation to the Rules Committee.
- Senate Bill 5431 (technical changes to state tax and revenue statutes identified by the Department of Revenue): the committee adopted an amendment sponsored by Senator Schussler, rolled it into a substitute and voted to give substitute SB 5431 a due pass recommendation to the Rules Committee.
- Substitute Senate Bill 5098 (restrictions on possession of weapons on premises of state or local public buildings, parks or playgrounds where children are likely to be present): the committee voted to report the substitute without recommendation to the Transportation Committee; staff noted a signage fiscal impact below one referral threshold but above another.
Why it matters: The committee's actions move these bills further along the legislative calendar and signal support for technical and administrative changes, property tax exemption adjustments and pension governance changes, while referring the weapons measure to Transportation for further consideration. The record shows voice votes and adoption of several amendments; the transcript did not include roll-call tallies or specific dissenting votes.
