House Background Summary — E2SHB 2000, Renewing Washington's International Leadership (February 9, 2024)

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House Background Summary for E2SHB 2000, renewing Washington's international leadership, as passed House on February 9, 2024. The sponsor line names the House Committee on Appropriations, originally sponsored by Representatives Mena, Berry, Ramel and others. Committee activity is listed in State Government & Tribal Relations and in Appropriations, and the floor vote is given as Passed House: 2/9/24, 65-32, with a Voting Nay list that begins with Abbarno. Appropriations testimony in support came from Sarah Clark of the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, James Rolph of the Lieutenant Governor's Office and Michelle Detwiler; John Worthington is listed as opposed.

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                 HOUSE BACKGROUND SUMMARY
                          E2SHB 2000
                                       As Passed House:
                                       February 9, 2024

Title: An act relating to renewing Washington's international leadership.

Brief Description: Renewing Washington's international leadership.

Sponsors: House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Mena,
    Berry, Ramel, Low, Walen, Ryu, Timmons, Reed, Cheney, Nance, Cortes, Santos and
    Hackney).

Brief History:
     Committee Activity:
         State Government & Tribal Relations: 1/10/24, 1/12/24 [DPS];
         Appropriations: 1/25/24, 1/31/24 [DP2S(w/o sub SGOV)].
     Floor Activity:
         Passed House: 2/9/24, 65-32.

Voting Yea: Representatives Alvarado, Barkis, Barnard, Bateman, Berg, Bergquist, Berry,
Bronoske, Callan, Chapman, Cheney, Chopp, Cortes, Davis, Doglio, Donaghy, Duerr,
Entenman, Eslick, Farivar, Fey, Fitzgibbon, Fosse, Goodman, Gregerson, Hackney, Hutchins,
Kloba, Leavitt, Lekanoff, Low, Macri, Mena, Morgan, Nance, Ormsby, Ortiz-Self, Orwall, Paul,
Peterson, Pollet, Ramel, Ramos, Reed, Reeves, Riccelli, Rude, Rule, Ryu, Santos, Senn, Shavers,
Simmons, Slatter, Springer, Stearns, Stonier, Street, Taylor, Thai, Tharinger, Timmons, Walen,
Wylie and Jinkins

Voting Nay: Representatives Abbarno, Caldier, Chambers, Christian, Connors, Corry, Couture,
Dent, Dye, Goehner, Graham, Griffey, Harris, Jacobsen, Klicker, Kretz, Maycumber,
McClintock, McEntire, Mosbrucker, Orcutt, Robertson, Sandlin, Schmick, Schmidt, Steele,
Stokesbary, Volz, Walsh, Waters, Wilcox and Ybarra

Absent:

Excused: Representative Chandler




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Persons Testifying (State Government & Tribal Relations): Representative Sharlett
Mena, prime sponsor; Geoffrey Potter, Office of the Governor; James Rolph, Office of the
Lieutenant Governor; Amy Anderson, Association of Washington Business; Lydia Faitalia,
Washington State Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs; Karen Hanan,
Washington State Arts Commission; and Sarah Clark, Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of
Commerce.

Persons Testifying (Appropriations): (In support) Sarah Clark, Seattle Metropolitan
Chamber of Commerce; James Rolph, The Lieutenant Governor's Office; and Michelle
Detwiler.

(Opposed) John Worthington.

Persons Signed In To Testify But Not Testifying (State Government & Tribal
Relations): John Worthington and Eric Pratt.

Persons Signed In To Testify But Not Testifying (Appropriations): None.




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