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Votes at a glance

- Senate Bill 5152 (state employee access to peer-reviewed journals): Moved to give a due-pass recommendation to the rules committee. Staff said the bill requires the Washington State Institute for Public Policy to study providing state employees electronic access to peer-reviewed journals; fiscal note available.

- Senate Bill 5049 (Sunshine Committee / Public Records Exemptions Accountability Committee): Proposed Substitute E adopted; the substitute modifies quarterly meeting requirements to require four meetings annually. Reported out to rules with due-pass recommendation; proposed substitute removes a fiscal note per sponsor comments.

- Senate Bill 5338 (Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee membership): Amendment F adopted, replacing \"Native American tribe recognized in Washington State\" with \"federally recognized Indian tribe.\" The amendment was folded into a proposed substitute and the bill received a due-pass recommendation to rules.

- Senate Bill 5106 (recognizing Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha): Proposed substitute G adopted clarifying this will not be a paid state holiday but a ceremonial recognition; bill reported with due-pass recommendation.

- Senate Bill 5245 (legislative oaths of office): Proposed substitute H adopted to grant county legislative authorities the power to administer oaths of office to state legislators; bill reported with due-pass recommendation. One senator stated a dissenting vote was intended.

- Senate Bill 5050 (presidential primary party declaration procedure): Committee moved to refer the bill to the Ways and Means Committee (rather than rules). Staff said the bill requires the party declaration required to vote in a presidential primary be placed inside the return ballot envelope and requires a prominent reminder on the envelope.

- Senate Bill 5325 (designating the Columbia Plateau cactus as state cactus): Bill received a due-pass recommendation to be sent to the rules committee.

- Senate Bill 5414 (requiring social equity impact analysis and performance audits): Bill received a due-pass recommendation; staff said the bill adjusts public-hearing deadlines for audit findings and requires performance audits to include social equity analysis.

For procedural clarity: in several instances members discussed order of taking proposed substitutes versus amendments and noted identical amendments were offered both to proposed substitutes and to the underlying bill; some identical amendments were withdrawn by the sponsor and not taken up on the floor. Most actions were voice votes with the chair ruling passage \"subject to signatures.\"","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections - 2/7/2025 10:30 AM","oneSentenceSummary","The committee issued due-pass recommendations or referrals for multiple bills on Feb. 7, 2025. Most measures were advanced with little debate; this roundup lists each bill, outcome, and key details noted in the committee record.","taxTitle","State Government & Elections, Senate, Legislative Sessions, Washington","taxId",20511,"location","Washington","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6345238,"Committee rejects amendment that would strip wording from memorial, then advances joint memorial to rules",1406,559915,1966200,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2249462-75e546110f257a66697c50dacb6832b3&start=559&end=1966","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2249462-75e546110f257a66697c50dacb6832b3/thumbnail_559915.jpg","/articles/6345238/Washington/Committee-rejects-amendment-that-would-strip-wording-from-memorial-then-advances-joint-memorial-to-rules","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6345238-bcfef1271017f06239c7bf4f032dd3d2/orig.mp4?Expires=1770835313&Signature=HEkVcE8K3W17kJ5JoJMOebL52uzYSD9cTPTtE0lZl75qNd9ohD-zXV-Fe9cq40cS~tC1uV4xsjXNRInsQ96AFX8ns5RwH7tBcwrOrvOUxyTUBqRdQwycuMfCMxHoBRHuhsBDVrnsnZlV5B-567b9UrgSEMbkRVUNZ3p0aEdxXc8XEsW4edwU3Jck3YemoyRzu5cbt5bPR0RVZQTDfxgDduYl8zHCt6WgNi2us9t7Vf0yEUAXxcdNydMVPwkU9RYV4x0kZrrKbpsOqzm8VzQhfbtYzhPgAbqGKhs0q7QyIjX-0xOxC~LwpPZQR2Y3MtXVcSbNagYyP0ZaKYbY~I5rcg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The committee considered an amendment (Amendment I) to Senate Joint Memorial 8008, which proposes to rescind prior requests to Congress for an Article V convention. The amendment would have removed several findings from the memorial and struck the word \"constitutional\" when modifying references to a convention.

Senator Hasegawa urged members to vote no on the amendment, saying the amendment removed key rationale and rationale-related language from the memorial and warning about the risks of opening the constitutional-convention process. In part she argued that a constitutional convention could create far-reaching changes and that the preferred method to amend the Constitution is by Congress proposing amendments for ratification by the states.

The amendment failed on a committee voice vote; the chair ruled Amendment I was not adopted. After that vote the committee approved the joint memorial itself and reported it to the rules committee with a due-pass recommendation. The chair recorded that the joint memorial had passed \"subject to signatures.\"","The committee rejected Amendment I to Senate Joint Memorial 8008, which proposed striking certain findings and the word \"constitutional\" from references to a convention, and after that vote advanced SJM 8008 to the rules committee with a due-pass recommendation.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6345240,"Committee adopts substitute for ethics bill after trimming immunity language",782,161224,943550,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2249462-75e546110f257a66697c50dacb6832b3&start=161&end=943","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2249462-75e546110f257a66697c50dacb6832b3/thumbnail_161224.jpg","/articles/6345240/Washington/Committee-adopts-substitute-for-ethics-bill-after-trimming-immunity-language","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6345240-fbf0baac3f2e3ad2a770408de2347d4b/orig.mp4?Expires=1770835313&Signature=Zho4L0vQ208~vdiDNQStgtIPKYlfczhJsS4RFqL2pWsgPJWCKDHTAMqkJG87ESLSwqps1eA3n-QQZcx~6qaZk3ESqQD~r3Lpbwlf~lNXnmb1cD23Uq8VpDkurJxYKuFwJggWOn5~KbscvN86lszl53TM-fPxs2~YuHF--dYeEyyLGCyDRNkNj67RBzAJBRoAZs~pz2iugTczXnSyAp47wryFPnV3oKzbVMX08wGh19A01IQgBG99h0CEKGn3K3zKo7q4ygTGI2aD-jx~9jbQN3J0BGiW8juLpQ61EsPhobvFO7dwHgQsc3bIxIfpIvJ6zCIRPiZoAJjBby2BzNL-~w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections Committee adopted Proposed Substitute B for Senate Bill 5143 and recommended the bill be sent to the rules committee.

Staff summarized that the underlying bill would revise the ethics and public service act: among other changes it raised the gift reporting threshold from $50 to $100, expanded what could be posted on a legislator's official website, and in its original form granted civil and criminal immunity for official acts taken by members and employees of the legislative and executive ethics boards. Proposed Substitute B restores the original definition of \"beneficial interest,\" authorizes the ethics board to adjust the aggregate gift amount for inflation every five years on a permissive basis, and strikes the immunity provision from the legislative and executive ethics boards.

Senator Wilson offered an amendment that would have reinserted a narrower immunity covering civil suits for board members and investigators and an absolute privilege for statements to the boards; the transcript records that the amendment would not have extended immunity to other employees. Committee members discussed procedural order for substitutes and amendments; the ethics board had not reviewed the measure, according to staff. The committee approved the substitute by voice vote; the chair ruled the bill \"passed subject to signatures.\"","The committee approved Proposed Substitute B for Senate Bill 5143, which revises the Public Service Act, raises the gift threshold and restores an original definition; the substitute removes the broader immunity language that appeared in the underlying bill.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6345241,"Committee adopts substitute for election-security bill, sends measure to rules committee",655,109075,764154,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2249462-75e546110f257a66697c50dacb6832b3&start=109&end=764","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2249462-75e546110f257a66697c50dacb6832b3/thumbnail_109075.jpg","/articles/6345241/Washington/Committee-adopts-substitute-for-election-security-bill-sends-measure-to-rules-committee","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6345241-fb21582ecb3cb5b6e7e1b891b082f489/orig.mp4?Expires=1770835313&Signature=dIOADuOphIEg8KgWcgbHy1i-EcDX5JbLsQUdhNDHSHlZVzPlECK751PEgJlxJcm7ehnS2ZAxLznp97epuhNXAjAfLphDH8dtraC3hHBb7Fri2Kq1riEox02u~yRqthfUhn6h89yEZ1Efb-riz68BGvYkR7YdlTKCmHNJTfmhtCvnWBFtUailkxwE8nH1qCHB0neLIbXPk2aZUoUvbtv~r34ckDiJsYPhLAvgfCpk3GLrXkQrIP7L0laGFuhPkvML-y~WTEN84fUtR-KKV~jaLKssQIqvFCOiGm5MQXYzvFGG3SoO6dlnC2cpEvANOgdnb-gm-GYqju8XzJ~uWwLeCg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections Committee on Feb. 7 adopted Proposed Substitute A for Senate Bill 5014, a measure concerning election security, and recommended the bill be sent to the rules committee.

Committee staff described the bill as requiring Secretary of State approval for equipment or platforms used to provide voter assistance, setting security-breach disclosure requirements for vendors and contractors who support the voter registration database and official voter list, and requiring scribe security measures for each county auditor. The staff record notes a fiscal note is available.

Senator Wilson, who moved the proposed substitute, said the substitute clarified intent language, removed duplicative Secretary of State-approval wording, and \"clarifies that any system or part of a system used in the conduct of elections may be subject to secretary approval prior to use.\" He also referenced an implementation deadline for auditors to adopt cybersecurity measures recorded in the transcript as \"07/01/1927\"; committee members and staff treated that as an implementation deadline but the year is garbled in the record.

The committee voted by voice to adopt the substitute; the chair ruled the substitute had received a due-pass recommendation and ordered the bill sent to the rules committee \"subject to signatures.\"","The committee adopted Proposed Substitute A for Senate Bill 5014, which would tighten state oversight of election equipment and require cybersecurity measures for county auditors; the substitute was sent to the rules committee.",{"_33":113,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":114,"_41":115,"_43":116,"_45":117,"_47":118,"_49":119,"_51":120,"_53":121,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":122,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":123,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6345242,"Senate committee recommends confirmation of Major General Welch",613,91440,704875,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2249462-75e546110f257a66697c50dacb6832b3&start=91&end=704","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2249462-75e546110f257a66697c50dacb6832b3/thumbnail_91440.jpg","/articles/6345242/Washington/Senate-committee-recommends-confirmation-of-Major-General-Welch","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6345242-51928b509dfcca56e57782bada2b31c7/orig.mp4?Expires=1770835313&Signature=jMG8Zit~ZeI9lumSx~xNkLsNwS~3JfKJc3JqBgu~UxEy0xTpNEhwBu7js11lkz-p3JYeeFibOSAFEan9XGq3qIBXS3OnwgnCtLS6n2tqtwe0rXZa4ZabiQ~4PDwfBEPaxROkH~WvRXT2IDGjoardmQrUAxOnnF-wfSqjruecuWcVXx90wB-Y642FXArDHZ6W5FF4NfZ1E7XSt8H2EX9KKs9aBUm1BjnMqZ8jGWsP2ncIA-1xJqYcyAkajrY0qyR-hd5GCylZgNBsP06qMMLUUA2pfal~XkAnGeFc7XqJizBAQh7Pxuwd9SJjWIsOapVYA3ze0waJNLdcRaxHGgrQDg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections Committee reported Major General Welch’s gubernatorial appointment (No. 9221) with a recommendation that the Senate confirm him.

For the record, Danielle Kreech, staff to the committee, noted the committee had already held a hearing on the appointment earlier in the week. The committee later moved and seconded a report recommending confirmation. The chair called for the voice vote, and the chair ruled that the appointment had received a confirmation recommendation \"subject to signatures.\"

Committee members did not engage in extended debate on the appointment during the executive session and no roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript. The recommendation will be transmitted as the committee’s report to the full Senate for final action.","The State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections Committee reported Major General Welch’s gubernatorial appointment with a recommendation for confirmation during its Feb. 7, 2025 executive session.","actionData","errors"]

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