Published date: February 2, 2026
APWA Upcoming Events Report – Week 4
Monday, February 2nd, is the 22nd day of session, with 38 days of session left. The following Wednesday is the policy committee deadline heralding the end of those bills not yet voted out of committee. A week later, February 9th, the fiscal committee cutoff arrives, laying waste to more bills – particularly those that would cost the state money during a $2.3 billion shortfall. Good times.
In mid-February, the fiscal forecast will be released and the various supplemental budgets will start rolling out. The pace will pick up as they determine how many tax votes they are willing to take and what items they are willing to cut/fund. The current focus on the policy bills will shift to budget because only the passing of the budgets will get this legislature out of town by the March 12th end of session. No one wants to stay for a “special” session.
As mentioned earlier, next week, is mostly policy committee action on bills (executive session in legislative parlance) when amendments are offered and bills are put to a vote. The fiscal committees will then sort through those bills with fiscal impacts.
Week 4 Hearings of Note with Opportunities for Remote Testimony:
Local Government (Senate) – SHR 3 and Virtual JACB – 2/2 @ 1:30pm
SB 6154 – Exec Session – Concerning local government permits for replacing existing culverts.
Civil Rights & Judiciary (House) – HHR A and Virtual JLOB – 2/3 @ 10:30am
HB 2095 – Exec Session – Protecting vulnerable users of public ways.
Labor & Commerce (Senate) – SHR 1 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg – 2/3 @ 10:30am
SB 6302 – Exec Session – Concerning misclassification in the finishing trades on public works projects.
Local Government (House) – HHR E and Virtual JLOB – 2/3 @ 10:30am
HB 1529 – Exec Session – Increasing opportunities for cities to utilize county resources for road construction and maintenance.
HB 2141 – Public Hearing – Concerning building codes. (Remote Testimony Available).
Capital Budget (House) – HHR B and Virtual JLOB – 2/4 @ 4:00pm
HB 2273 – Public Hearing – Reducing embodied carbon emissions of buildings and building materials. (Remote Testimony Available).
Appropriations (House) – HHR A and Virtual JLOB – 2/5 @ 10:30am
SHB 2397 – Public Hearing – Requiring timely reimbursement of state agencies and local jurisdictions mobilized under the Washington state fire services mobilization plan. (Remote Testimony Available).
Transportation (House) – HHR B and Virtual JLOB – 2/5 @ 1:00pm
HB 2172 – Public Hearing – Concerning route jurisdiction transfer and abandonment. (Remote Testimony Available).
SHB 2174 – Public Hearing – Establishing crash prevention zones. (Remote Testimony Available).
Ways & Means (Senate) – SHR 4 and Virtual JACB – 2/5 @ 1:30pm
SSB 5176 – Public Hearing – Implementing prompt pay recommendations from the capital projects advisory review board. (Remote Testimony Available).