House Background Summary — ESHB 1371, Freight Railroad Infrastructure Incentives (March 16, 2023)

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House Background Summary for ESHB 1371, As Passed House: March 16, 2023, titled An act relating to government incentives for improving freight railroad infrastructure. The sponsors are the House Committee on Finance, originally sponsored by Representatives Barkis, Leavitt, Orcutt and others. The summary records that the bill passed the House on 3/16/23 by a vote of 92-4, with Representatives Berry, Chopp, Macri and Reed voting nay. Persons testifying in support include Representative Andrew Barkis, prime sponsor, and Eric Temple of Portland Vancouver Junction Railroad; Adam LeMieux of Port of Everett testified in the other category.

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                 HOUSE BACKGROUND SUMMARY
                          ESHB 1371
                                       As Passed House:
                                        March 16, 2023

Title: An act relating to government incentives for improving freight railroad infrastructure.

Brief Description: Providing incentives to improve freight railroad infrastructure.

Sponsors: House Committee on Finance (originally sponsored by Representatives Barkis,
    Leavitt, Orcutt, Fey, Barnard, Chapman, Low, Connors, Goehner, Chambers, Chandler,
    Couture, Griffey, Hutchins, Robertson, Volz, Walsh, Christian, Doglio, Schmick and
    Gregerson).

Brief History:
     Committee Activity:
         Finance: 1/31/23, 2/22/23 [DPS].
     Floor Activity:
         Passed House: 3/16/23, 92-4.

Voting Yea: Representatives Abbarno, Alvarado, Barkis, Barnard, Bateman, Berg, Bergquist,
Bronoske, Caldier, Callan, Chambers, Chapman, Cheney, Christian, Connors, Corry, Cortes,
Couture, Davis, Dent, Doglio, Donaghy, Duerr, Dye, Entenman, Eslick, Farivar, Fey, Fitzgibbon,
Fosse, Goehner, Goodman, Graham, Gregerson, Griffey, Hackney, Hansen, Harris, Hutchins,
Jacobsen, Klicker, Kloba, Kretz, Leavitt, Lekanoff, Low, McClintock, McEntire, Mena, Morgan,
Mosbrucker, Orcutt, Ormsby, Ortiz-Self, Orwall, Paul, Peterson, Pollet, Ramel, Ramos, Reeves,
Riccelli, Robertson, Rude, Rule, Ryu, Sandlin, Santos, Schmick, Schmidt, Senn, Shavers,
Simmons, Slatter, Springer, Stearns, Steele, Stokesbary, Stonier, Street, Taylor, Thai, Tharinger,
Timmons, Volz, Walen, Walsh, Waters, Wilcox, Wylie, Ybarra and Jinkins

Voting Nay: Representatives Berry, Chopp, Macri and Reed

Absent:

Excused: Representatives Chandler and Maycumber

     Persons Testifying: (In support) Representative Andrew Barkis, prime sponsor; Cynthia




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Stewart, League of Women Voters of Washington; Eric Temple, Portland Vancouver
Junction Railroad; Patrick Boss, Columbia Basin Railroad and Central Washington
Railroad; Ross Lane, Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad; Jeff Van Schaick, Jaguar Transport
Holdings; Ryan Pidde, Mickelson and Company Limited Liability Company; and Chris
Herman, Washington Public Ports Association.

(Other) Adam LeMieux, Port of Everett.

Persons Signed In To Testify But Not Testifying: None.




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