Next Week In Olympia- Week 10

Sen. White and Rep. Liias introduced companion bills SB 5874 and HB 2016 and a part of Futurewise and Transportation Choices Coalition’s new Transportation for Washington campaign. Here are a few press clips about the bills’ introduction.

Publicola
Seattle PI.com
Seattle Transit Blog

Committee action is hot this week, and the new economic forecast comes out on which has everyone in Olympia bracing for bad news. On Tuesday there are three important hearings, on the following bills:

1. Rep. Fitzgibbon's vulnerable user bill in Senate Judiciary.
2. Sen. Rockefeller's mileage based insurance bill, which in its current form, provides proprietary protection for usage based insurance, and does not include any original language of the bill. In House Business and Financial Services.
3. Sen. White's bill to secure emergency transit funding, in House Transportation.

Check out the calendar below for other transportation policy hearings next week.

Monday, 3/14/11

3:30 pm Senate Transportation
Senate Hearing Rm 1
J.A. Cherberg Building

Public Hearing:
SHB 1217 - Authorizing certain local authorities to establish maximum speed limits on certain nonarterial highways.

3:30 pm House Transportation
House Hearing Rm B
John L. O'Brien Building

Public Hearing:
SSB 5797 - Eliminating the urban arterial trust account.
SSB 5836 - Allowing certain private transportation providers to use certain public transportation facilities.
SSB 5796 - Modifying provisions related to public transportation system planning.
SSB 5791 - Allowing certain commercial activity at certain park and ride lots.

Tuesday, 3/15/11

10:00 am Senate Judiciary
Senate Hearing Rm 1
J.A. Cherberg Building

Public Hearing:
SHB 1339 - Concerning negligent driving resulting in substantial bodily harm, great bodily harm, or death of a vulnerable user of a public way.

1:30 pm House Business & Financial Services
House Hearing Rm C
John L. O'Brien Building

Public Hearing:
ESB 5730 - Concerning usage-based automobile insurance.

3:30 pm House Transportation
House Hearing Rm B
John L. O’Brien Building

Public Hearing:
SSB 5298 - Authorizing the use of digital outdoor advertising signs to expand the state's emergency messaging capabilities.
ESSB 5457 - Providing a congestion reduction charge to fund the operational and capital needs of transit agencies.

Wednesday, 3/16/11

3:30 pm Senate Transportation
Senate Hearing Rm 1
J.A. Cherberg Building

Public Hearing:
EHB 1382 - Concerning the use of express toll lanes in the eastside corridor.