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Mon 02/23 04:00 PM - Ways & Means (WM): SB 5998: All other. (Remote Testimony Available).
7 👍 - Pro
Testifying:
926 👎 - Con
Testifying:
- Kari VanderHouwen - Pharm-A-Save Granite Falls
- Wesley Jessup - Eastern Washington State Historical Society - Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture
- Denise Perez Lally
- Elizabeth Godlewski - Eastern WA State Historical Society//Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture
- Will Quinby
25 ❓ - Other
Testifying:
Mon 02/23 04:00 PM - Ways & Means (WM): SB 5998: Early learning. (Remote Testimony Available).
3 👍 - Pro
Testifying:
962 👎 - Con
Testifying:
- Rachel Hall - First 5 FUNdamentals
- Andra Kranzler
- Jeff Baerwald
- Zamzam Mohamed - Voices of Tomorrow
32 ❓ - Other
Testifying:
Mon 02/23 04:00 PM - Ways & Means (WM): SB 5998: Employee compensation. (Remote Testimony Available).
2 👍 - Pro
Testifying:
949 👎 - Con
2 ❓ - Other
Testifying:
- 💵Emmett Mills - Washington State School Retirees' Association
Mon 02/23 04:00 PM - Ways & Means (WM): SB 5998: Higher education. (Remote Testimony Available).
16 👍 - Pro
Testifying:
- 💵Christopher Rosenquist - Associated Students of Western Washington University
- 💵Nora Selander - Western Washington University
- David Buri - Eastern Washington University
- Steve DuPont - Central Washington University
- Chris Mulick - Washington State University
- 💵Morgan Hickel - University of Washington
1251 👎 - Con
Testifying:
- Frank Trieu - Evergreen Beauty College
- Julianna Hivick - Student
- Leilani Sage - Student
- Recemae Bennett - Student
- Molly Walsh - DigiPen Institute of Technology
- Aubrey Humkey - Student NWCD
- Christine Jackson - Student NWCD
- Craig Freeman - Northwest College of Art and Design
- Joshua Addison - Student NWCD
8 ❓ - Other
Testifying:
- 💵Jacqui Cain - American Federation of Teachers (AFT-WA)
- Ivan Harrell - Tacoma Community College
- Nate Humphrey - WA State Board for Community & Technical Colleges
Mon 02/23 04:00 PM - Ways & Means (WM): SB 5998: Human services. (Remote Testimony Available).
18 👍 - Pro
Testifying:
975 👎 - Con
Testifying:
64 ❓ - Other
Testifying:
Mon 02/23 04:00 PM - Ways & Means (WM): SB 5998: K-12 public schools. (Remote Testimony Available).
21 👍 - Pro
Testifying:
- Meisha Situ - Washington DECA
- Liam Carter - Washington DECA
- Kathy Schmit
- Karen Coulombe - Lake Stevens School District
- Harshita Sinha - Lake Stevens School District
- Xavier De La Cruz Trujillo - Lake Stevens School District
- Liz Trautman - Stand for Children Washington
1447 👎 - Con
Testifying:
- 💵Larry Delaney - Washington Education Association
- Logan Noel-Endres - Washington State School Directors’ Association (WSSDA)
- Tori Emerson - President, Washington State PTA
- 💵Marissa Rathbone - WA Assoc of School Admin (WASA) & WA Assoc of School Business Officials (WASBO)
- Misha Cherniske - Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
- Eric Sobotta - Reardan-Edwall School District
- Mandi Rehn - Valley School District
- Lisa Phelan - Freeman School District
- Randy Russell - Freeman SD 358
- Jay Tyus - Superintendent, Wilbur and Creston Cooperative School Districts
- Nikolas Bergman - Quincy School District
- Kevin Knight - Superintendent Colville School District
- Ben Gauyan - Superintendent, Walla Walla Public Schools
- Derek Sarley - Director, Walla Walla Public Schools
- Charlie Brown - South Sound Superintendents and Federal Way Public Schools
- Andie Webb - Superintendent, Kahlotus School District
- Jessie Sprouse - Carbonado School District
- 💵Mitch Denning - Alliance of Educational Associations
- Mary Templeton - School Alliance
7 ❓ - Other
Testifying:
- Rick Chisa - Public School Employees of Washington (PSE SEIU 1948)
- 💵Braden Sigua - Pacific Science Center
- 💵Katherine Mahoney - Prodigy Learning
- Preston Dwoskin
- Ryan McCallum - Kamiakin High School, Kennewick, WA
Mon 02/23 04:00 PM - Ways & Means (WM): SB 5998: Mental health. (Remote Testimony Available).
4 👍 - Pro
Testifying:
- Jolynn Kenney - MENTOR Washington
- Rashi Gupta - UW Medicine
950 👎 - Con
Testifying:
- Kimmy Reedy - Director of Peer WA - Rcovery Navigator Program
- Megan Guido - Whitman Recovery Community Center
- Jeanette Barnes - xxx-xx-xxxx
10 ❓ - Other
Testifying:
- Jim Theofelis - NorthStar Advocates
- 💵Kimberly Mosolf - Counsel for Plaintiff Class in AB v DSHS (Trueblood)
- 💵Ashley Jackson - Seattle Children's
- Gina Grappone - Recovery Café
Mon 02/23 04:00 PM - Ways & Means (WM): SB 5998: Natural resources. (Remote Testimony Available).
5 👍 - Pro
Testifying:
- Leonard Johnson - WA Fire Chiefs Association & McLane Black Lake Fire Department
- Dave Upthegrove - Office of the Commissioner of Public Lands, Department of Natural Resources
- 💵Dawn Vyvyan - Yakama Nation
952 👎 - Con
50 ❓ - Other
Testifying:
Tue 01/13 04:00 PM - Ways & Means (WM): SB 5998: All other. (Remote Testimony Available).
12 👍 - Pro
Testifying:
- Christopher Stanley - Administrative Office of the Courts
- Sara Robbins - Washington State Office of Civil Legal Aid
- Philippe Knab - Washington State Office of Civil Legal Aid
- Larry Jefferson - Director, Washington State Office of Public Defense
- Ramona Brandes - Washington Defender Association/Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Linnea Anderson - Washington Association of Juvenile Court Administrators
- David Freeman - Whatcom County Supe
28 👎 - Con
Testifying:
- Manuel Navarro
- Jodi Joyce
- Tim Eyman - Initiative Activist
13 ❓ - Other
Testifying:
- 💵Candice Bock - Association of Washington Cities
- 💵Roshelle Cleland - Washington State Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence (WSCADV)
- Beth Leonard - Washington State Office of Civil Legal Aid
- 💵Curtis Steinhauer - Washington State Association of Counties
- Derek VanSpoor - Retired Public Employees Council of WA
- 💵Gary Rowe - Public Works Board
- 💵Alexandra Johnson - Duwamish River Community Coalition
- Steve Hobbs - Office of Secretary of State
- Wesley Jessup - Eastern Washington Historical Society (Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture)
- Melissa Spear - Tilth Alliance
- Brahmi Pugh - Coalition for Organic and Regenerative Agriculture
- Ryan Mello - County Executive, Pierce County
- Josh Diekmann - Pierce County- Planning and Public Works Director
Tue 01/13 04:00 PM - Ways & Means (WM): SB 5998: Early learning. (Remote Testimony Available).
1 👍 - Pro
Testifying:
105 👎 - Con
Testifying:
- 💵Erica Hallock - Start Early Washington
- Tim Eyman - Initiative Activist
- Wendy Bart - Washington Alliance of YMCAs/Olympic Peninsula YMCA
1 ❓ - Other
Testifying:
- 💵Alex Galeana - Children's Campaign Fund Action
Tue 01/13 04:00 PM - Ways & Means (WM): SB 5998: Employee compensation. (Remote Testimony Available).
0 👍 - Pro
16 👎 - Con
Testifying:
- Tim Eyman - Initiative Activist
2 ❓ - Other
Testifying:
Tue 01/13 04:00 PM - Ways & Means (WM): SB 5998: Higher education. (Remote Testimony Available).
3 👍 - Pro
Testifying:
- Sandy Kaiser - Evergreen Government Relations
86 👎 - Con
Testifying:
- Tim Eyman - Initiative Activist
- Aren Permadi
- Cameron Gray
- Chris Mulick - Washington State University
10 ❓ - Other
Testifying:
- 💵Jacqui Cain - American Federation of Teachers (AFT-WA)
- Hunter Deloney - Myself
- Steve DuPont - Central Washington University
- Dr. Ivan Harrell - Tacoma Community College
- Nate Humphrey - WA State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
- 💵Nora Selander - Western Washington University
- 💵Morgan Hickel - University of Washington
- Chelsea Kopp - UAW 4591
- Natalie Wellen - UAW 4121
- Willow Heidt - UAW 4929
Tue 01/13 04:00 PM - Ways & Means (WM): SB 5998: Human services. (Remote Testimony Available).
18 👍 - Pro
Testifying:
- 💵Nicole Kern - Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates
- 💵Jill May - Washington Association for Children and Families
- 💵Brad Forbes - Alzheimer's Association
- 💵Michele Thomas - Washington Low Income Housing Alliance
- Judy Ellis
- Max Kauffman - Office of Civil Legal Aid
- Deborah Wilson
- Melissa Derry - Central Washington Legal Aid
- Tom McGarry - Northwest Justice Project
- Ashe Tippins - Washington Low Income Housing Alliance
- Lynn Kimball - Washington Association of Area Agencies on Aging
- Tom McGarry
- 💵Anna Nepomuceno - Northwest Harvest
- Joe McDermott - State Relations Director | King County
- Sarah Dickmeyer - Plymouth Housing
- Jane Pak - Snohomish County Legal Services
39 👎 - Con
Testifying:
- Sheila Morley - Family Impact Network
- Jolynn Kenney - MENTOR Washington
- 💵Carolanne Sanders - P.D.A.
- Chloe Gale - Evergreen Treatment Services
- Bob Lindenhovius - WE THE PEOPLE retired Veteran
- Carma Matti-Jackson - Washington Health Care Association
- 💵Alyssa Odegaard - LeadingAge Washington
- Len Mc Comb - WASHINGTON STATE HOSPITAL ASOCIATION
- Len McComb - Washington State Hospital Association
- Tim Eyman - Initiative Activist
- Paul Waddington - Ensign Services
- Samiksha Mokashi - Avamere Rehabilitation of Issaquah
- Holly Jangula - Caring Places Management
- Mindy Bradley - The Oaks at Lakewood
- Joe Rudd - Alderwood Park Health and Rehabilitation of Cascadia
- Erin Doss - Queen Anne Healthcare- Avamere
- Tina Levasheff - Village at the Harbor Assisted Living
- Manuel Navarro - Columbia Valley Community Health
- Jodi Joyce - Unity Care NW
- Chaim Wolmark - Caldera Care
- Mauro Hernandez - Hearth and Truss
25 ❓ - Other
Testifying:
Tue 01/13 04:00 PM - Ways & Means (WM): SB 5998: K-12 public schools. (Remote Testimony Available).
6 👍 - Pro
Testifying:
- 💵Dawn Rains - Treehouse
- Jeanne Willard
- Doug Judge - Center for High School Success
- Liz Trautman - Stand for Children Washington
- 💵Aaron Yared - Building Changes
28 👎 - Con
Testifying:
- Tyler Muench - Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
- 💵Erica Hallock - School Nurse Organization of Washington
- 💵Larry Delaney - Washington Education Association
- Logan Noel-Endres - Washington State School Directors' Association (WSSDA)
- 💵Marissa Rathbone - Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA)
- 💵Roz Thompson - Association of Washington School Principals (AWSP)
- Tori Emerson - President, Washington State PTA
- Brian Freeman - Inchelium School District #70
- Tim Eyman - Initiative Activist
- 💵Braden Sigua - Pacific Science Center
- Jim Kowalkowski - Rural Education Center
- 💵Mitch Denning - Alliance of Educational Associations
12 ❓ - Other
Testifying:
- Rick Chisa - Public School Employees of Washington (PSE)
- 💵Melissa Gombosky - Association of Educational Service Districts - AESD
- 💵Radu Smintina
- Colleen Frerks - Quincy School District
- Courtney McCoy - Royal High School
- Matthew Yarkosky
- Megan Dunn - Snohomish County, District 2
- Andrew Villeneuve - Northwest Progressive Institute
- 💵Jenny Morgan - Washington School Counselor Association
- Charlie Brown - South Sound Superintendents
Tue 01/13 04:00 PM - Ways & Means (WM): SB 5998: Mental health. (Remote Testimony Available).
1 👍 - Pro
Testifying:
- John Heckel - WA State Music Therapy Task Force
17 👎 - Con
Testifying:
- Tim Eyman - Initiative Activist
1 ❓ - Other
Testifying:
- Rashi Gupta - UW Medicine
Tue 01/13 04:00 PM - Ways & Means (WM): SB 5998: Natural resources. (Remote Testimony Available).
6 👍 - Pro
Testifying:
24 👎 - Con
Testifying:
5 ❓ - Other
Testifying:
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