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House Floor – concurred in Senate amendments – April 14th, 2021

Senate Floor Debate on Third Reading – April 10th, 2021

Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.

Amendments brought up for consideration. (6min).
Bill moves to third reading with introduction by Sen. Wellman followed by testimony by committee members prior to vote. Starts at 1:20:00 (4 min).
Senator Wellman acknowledges letters from Capitol Classroom students in support of HB 1273 at 1:26:10 (1 min).
Bill returns to ‘House of Origin’ for final approval.

Executive action, Senate Committee on Ways & Means – April 2nd, 2021

Executive Session is when a Committee holds a vote on a bill to move it out of committee. It is also an opportunity for Legislators to weigh in on any concerns they may have with the bill and share how they intend to vote and why.

This Executive Session scheduled 50 bills for consideration.
Consideration of ESHB 1273 was a very straight forward vote with only one question and comment about the bill.
Staffer introduces the bill at 03:09:17 (2 min).
ESHB 1273 is brought up for Executive Action at 03:55:35 (2 min).

Public Hearing before the Senate Ways & Means Committee – March 30th, 2021

Bill is introduced and amendments are proposed (2 min).
Questions from the Committee Members 00:35:00 (3 min).
Public testimony 00:38:36 (8 min).

Executive Action Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Committee – March 19th, 2021

Legislators consider proposed amendments and provide their final opinions, support and opposition to HB 1273.

Bill is introduced and amendments are proposed (3 min).
Amendments and bill is voted out of Committee and sent to Rules Committee. Voting begins at 1:02:15 (4 min).

Public Hearing before the Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Committee – March 15th, 2021

Now that HB 1273 has passed the house, it is now introduced in the Senate where citizens have a second opportunity to give public testimony for or against HB 1273 – How does this inform your stance on the bill?

Introduction of the bill to the Senate Committee is provided by the Committee Staffer 00:01:08 (5 min.)
Sen Berg, Prime Sponsor of the bill presents the objectives of the bill. Starts at 00:06:00 (3 min.)
Public Testimony – Citizen stakeholders weigh in with their support or opposition for the bill. This segment starts at 01:07:23 (19 min.)

House Floor Debate – February 25th 2021

Legislators provide their final opinions, support and opposition to HB 1273 before it begins its journey in the Senate.

Floor Debate on Final Passage is an excellent way to hear the most prominent arguments for and against a Bill.
10 minute debate on ‘Final Passage’ begins at 1:25:06

Public Hearing before the House Appropriations Committee – February 2nd 2021

Hear your fellow citizens giving public testimony for and against HB 1273 – How does this inform your stance on the bill?

Public Testimony provides an excellent glimpse at all of the different ‘stakeholders’ that may be effected by a bill if it were to pass.
25 minute Public Hearing on HB 1273 begins at 06:44 with testimony from the Prime Sponsor of the bill.

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