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Port Package Update Bill heard in House Capital Budget Committee SB5955 was heard today in the Capital Budget Committee public hearing. It will be decided upon in Executive Session Monday, February 26 at 8:00AM. If it passes, it will get within two steps of becoming law. As we’ve mentioned previously, bills are usually not scheduled
Two minutes to get Port Package Updates passed this month! 1E2SSB5955, the bill to get your Port Package fixed is now only two steps away from becoming law. But it’s not passed yet. We need your help TODAY, two minutes of your time to help get it over the line! (Skip to Action Item.) The
7-0 vote brings the Port Package Update bill within only a few steps of becoming law. At today’s Executive Session the House Local Government Committee voted unanimously to pass E2SB5955, with no amendments. It is now in the hands of the Capital Budget Committee. We want to thank everyone who helped move the bill moved
Introduction by bill sponsors Senator Keiser and Representative Orwall: 0:00:00 Public Comments: 1:32:50 Chair Duerr and Members of the Committee, Following up on my testimony today re. SB5955 (Port Package updates). We wanted to provide a couple of (small) clarifications to the comments we heard during the hearing which we believe are salient. Problem Scope
Establishes a grant program through the Department of Commerce and annual reporting, with a final report to be generated to the JLARC...
Two minutes to get Port Package Updates passed this month! 1E2SSB5955, the Port Package Update bill we’ve all been waiting for, has passed in the Senate and now needs to go through the same process in the House. We’ll have an Explainer Post shortly. But for now, we simply need two minutes of your time
Commissioners. Regarding Item #10b on the February 13, 2024 meeting agenda. Please read the attached. A little more than a year ago, we asked the State Auditor’s Office to review the Port of Seattle’s noise remedy ‘programs after receiving numerous complaints from constituents. —Sen. Julia Patterson, Rep. Karen Keiser: June 10, 1998 Spoiler alert. It
AN ORDER OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION …setting a timeline for the completion of the assessment of prior sound insulated properties; creating a Sound ...
However last minute surprise amendments remove both funding and independent oversight! Today’s marathon Executive Session at Ways and Means was typical for a last day cut-off meeting. After almost 80 bills and nine hours, SB5955 was voted on. However, with two important sets of amendments: one by sponsor Karen Keiser, removing the independent inspector requirement,
Fast action bodes well for Port Package Update legislation Great job by everyone who testified and signed in Pro at today’s Senate Ways and Means hearing. Video coming soon, but we already have some good news. Within minutes of the six hour meeting’s end, SSB5955 was placed on the schedule for a committee vote this