March 7th Hot List - State House

POSSIBLE HOUSE FLOOR ACTION

HB 1536: Providing a congestion reduction charge to fund the operational and capital needs of transit agencies.

POSITION: SUPPORT

• This bill preserves jobs, reduces congestion, and protects the environment by authorizing local governments and transit agencies in Puget Sound to impose a temporary congestion reduction charge to provide emergency funding for our critical transit service.
• Transit service faces a funding crisis in Washington State. Plummeting sales tax revenue is forcing transit agencies to slash service despite record-setting ridership.

HOUSE COMMITTEE ACTION

SB 5253: Concerning landscape conservation and local infrastructure.

Local Government: Hearing & Possible Executive Session
POSITION: SUPPORT

• This bill will empower our cities to make much-needed infrastructure improvements in exchange for working together to conserve potentially hundreds of thousands of acres of working farm and forest land.
• The bill, brought forward by Cascade Land Conservancy, is supported by a broad coalition including the environmental community, various cities & counties, Master Builders Association of King & Snohomish, Weyerhaueser, etc.