TVW Coverage - March 12, 2025

It’s day 59 of the 105-day 2025 legislative session. House of Origin cutoff! The final day for the House to vote out House bills, and the Senate, Senate bills. Deadline is 5pm, though a "special order of consideration" can push that later. Plus, all three state courts of appeals meet, and more.??

Floor debates – the links below are good live, and afterward in our archive:?

House…?

10am

1:30pm?

5pm?

Senate…?

10am?

1:30pm?

5pm?

You can also watch live only via our House and Senate channel livestreams…?

House?

Senate?

House and Senate floor calendars:?

House?

Senate?

State Board/Commission Coverage:?

9:30 WA State Board of Health: Dept of Health update, shellfish rules, Tacoma-Pierce Public Health Dept, newborn screening recommendations, school rule project, Group A public water supplies, more. ?

10am WA State Liquor and Cannabis Board: Cannabis rulemaking-sales of cannabis waste, cannabis sampling; more. ?

10am WA State Criminal Justice Training Commission: Chair’s report, use of force presentation, certification report, conflict of interest policy, advanced medicolegal forensic investigation training attendance, more. ?

Courts of Appeals Coverage…?

9am Division 2/Tacoma: Dependency of C.M., linked—Welfare of M.M./Welfare of R.M. ?

9am Division 3/Spokane: ?

Lindeman Bros. Inc. et al v. Pacific Recycle LLC et al: Whether the respondents' motion to vacate was brought within a reasonable time.?If not, whether the trial court abused its discretion in granting it.??

Joseph B. Green v. Kootenai Heart Clinics LLC et al: Whether the trial court properly excluded expert witness testimony under Burnet v. Spokane Ambulance.?

Joe L. Allen, Jr., and Samir Poles v. Phish Inc. et al: Whether the trial court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of the defendants based on its finding that they owed no duty to protect from reasonably foreseeable third-party criminal conduct.??

9:30am Division 1/Seattle: ?

State v. Faafetai Santisteban: The superior court conditionally released Santisteban from confinement and into an adult family home, concluding that DSHS (Department of Social and Health Services) had a legal obligation to pay for the services.?DSHS appeals.??

State v. Joshua Reed: In 2016, five-year-old P.T. told her caregiver that her mother’s ex-boyfriend, Josh Reed, had touched her inappropriately.?P.T. repeated her statements when interviewed by CPS.?Reed denied ever touching P.T. inappropriately.?The State charged Reed with first-degree rape of a child, first-degree molestation, and witness tampering.?The juvenile court found Reed guilty on all counts.?Reed appeals asserting, among other things, that there is insufficient evidence to support the first-degree molestation charge, and it was error to order some of the community custody provisions.??

Mears Group Inc. v. Walsh Construction et al: Appeal from denial of motion for attorney fees and costs, arguing entitlement as prevailing party under indemnity provision in subcontract following voluntary dismissal.??

In the Matter of the Parental Rights to KCW: P.N. was arrested for attempted murder in the first degree and felony harassment for an incident involving her two children.?DCYF filed a dependency petition based on those charges.?DCYF subsequently filed a termination petition and P.N. moved to continue the trial based on Fifth Amendment rights in light of the pending criminal case. The court agreed and continued the case twice.?When P.N. requested a third continuance, the court denied her request, citing among other things, the well-being of the children.?P.N. renewed the motion at the start of trial, and the court again denied her motion.?P.N. did not testify at trial and the court terminated her rights.?P.N. appeals asserting that the court abused its discretion and erred in finding that the children’s need for finality outweighed her Fifth Amendment right.??