TVW Coverage - March 5, 2025

It’s day 52 of the 105-day 2025 legislative session. Floor debates in House and Senate, a House committee hearing, and more.

8am House Education Committee: Public hearing SB5004 school emergency response, SB5025 educational interpreters; work session on student-centered options for resolving conflicts and promoting self-resiliency.

8:30am (approx.) Sen. Nikki Torres Press Conference: Torres, joined by national school safety advocate Lori Aldaheff, holds? a press conference to discuss SB 5004 regarding school safety.

House/Senate floor session links below are good to view live, and afterward in our archive:

House…

9am

1:30pm

5pm

Senate…

10am

1:30pm

5pm

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

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Senate

House and Senate floor calendars:

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Senate

Besides the Legislature…

2pm Health Care Cost Transparency Board: Onpoint’s cost driver analysis, Analytic Support Initiative (ASI) presentation on cost growth trends, more.

9am Division 2 Court of Appeals/Tacoma: Estate of Gloria Choi v City of Lakewood, T.H. v DSHS and DCYF, Dependency of J.G., Patricia Campbell v Safeway Inc.

9:30am Division 1 Court of Appeals/Seattle:

State of Washington v. Richard N. Phillips: Appeal challenging the sufficiency of the evidence as to drive-by shooting, admission of ballistics identification evidence at trial, and presenting a 2nd?Amendment challenge to Washington’s disarming statutes based on felony convictions.

John Kindt et ano v. Greg Cunningham et ano: In this property dispute between neighbors, Kindt claims substantial evidence does not support the jury’s verdicts which quieted title in Cunningham’s favor. He also asserts the judge erred by entering judgment when the jury was not presented with a legal description of the property awarded, and he argues the trial was unfair based on implicit racial bias.?

In re Estate of Walters: Michael Walters died and left his home to Nicholas Aldrich Sr. through his will. Walters’s sister, Teri Beede, challenged the will as the product of undue influence and appeals the trial court’s order granting summary judgment in Aldrich’s favor. She also challenges the trial court’s grant of attorney fees to Aldrich.