WPC’s Vice President for Research Todd Myers outlines what to expect this week in the legislature and what to expect from WPC.
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00:00 – Introduction
00:37 – Feedback questions
01:18 – Unreleased state income tax
03:27 – Broken tax promises
05:48 – HB 2660 child welfare hearings
05:57 – SB 6007 DCYF assessments
06:55 – SB 6212 child benefit payments
08:43 – Health care taxes HB 2073 HB 2626
09:28 – Sound Transit board SB 6253
10:49 – Environmental bills HB 2598 HB 2273
13:46 – Good bills roundup
Bills mentioned in this video:
HB 2660, to address some conditions of child welfare hearings: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=2660&Year=2025
SB 6007, to authorize the State Institute for Public Policy to evaluate DCYF assessment practices and outcomes: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=6007&Year=2025
SB 6212, to create a universal child benefit style payment of $300 per month per child for two years: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=6212&Year=2025
HB 2073, to impose a 3% tax tied to nonprofit health carrier surpluses above a certain level: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=2073&Year=2025
HB 2626, to increase the insurance premium tax on certain health insurance providers: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=2626&Year=2025
SB 6253, to change public transportation benefit area governing bodies in a way that gives unions voting rights on boards like Sound Transit: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=6253&Year=2025
HB 2598, to create a statewide salmon advisory commission that adds bureaucracy: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=2598&Year=2025
HB 2273, to require embodied carbon rules for building materials that will raise costs including for low income housing: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=2273&Year=2025
SB 5080, to make financial education instruction a graduation requirement: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=5080&Year=2025
HB 2498, to prevent the State Board of Nursing from adding education standards beyond national accreditation and to expedite program applications: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=2498&Year=2025
HB 2584, to create a sales and use tax exemption for qualifying farm machinery and equipment: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=2584&Year=2025
HB 2615, to provide temporary tax amnesty for voluntary disclosure of owed business and occupation taxes: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=2615&Year=2025
HB 2525, to create a heritage orchard program at Washington State University: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=2525&Year=2025
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