House Background Summary — 2ESHB 1371, Freight Railroad Infrastructure Incentives (February 8, 2024)

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House Background Summary for 2ESHB 1371, providing incentives to improve freight railroad infrastructure, as passed House on February 8, 2024. The sponsor line names the House Committee on Finance, originally sponsored by Representatives Barkis, Leavitt and others. The history lists Finance activity on 1/31/23 and 2/22/23 marked [DPS], a floor vote of Passed House: 3/16/23, 92-4, and a second floor vote of Passed House: 2/8/24, 95-0. Persons testifying in support include Representative Andrew Barkis, prime sponsor, and representatives of several railroads and the Washington Public Ports Association; Adam LeMieux of the Port of Everett is listed as Other.

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                 HOUSE BACKGROUND SUMMARY
                          2ESHB 1371
                                       As Passed House:
                                       February 8, 2024

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.
     Floor Activity:
         Passed House: 2/8/24, 95-0.

Voting Yea: Representatives Abbarno, Alvarado, Barkis, Barnard, Bateman, Berg, Bergquist,
Berry, Bronoske, Caldier, Callan, Chambers, Chapman, Cheney, Chopp, Christian, Connors,
Corry, Cortes, Couture, Davis, Dent, Doglio, Donaghy, Duerr, Dye, Entenman, Eslick, Farivar,
Fey, Fosse, Goehner, Goodman, Graham, Gregerson, Griffey, Hackney, Harris, Hutchins,
Jacobsen, Klicker, Kloba, Kretz, Leavitt, Low, Macri, Maycumber, McClintock, McEntire,
Mena, Morgan, Mosbrucker, Nance, Orcutt, Ormsby, Ortiz-Self, Orwall, Paul, Peterson, Pollet,
Ramel, Ramos, Reed, 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:

Absent:




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Excused: Representatives Chandler, Fitzgibbon and Lekanoff

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