Overnight the focus of the Washington Legislature has moved from committees to the floor.

The House is expected to take up the operating budget and the capital budget today.

Though the House passed their proposed 2010 supplemental operating budget from committee to the floor late last week (HB 2824), it is the Senate’s proposed budget that will likely be the version voted on in the House.

The House has prepared a bill to strike the language from the Senate’s proposed 2010 operating budget (SB 6444) and include the House’s proposed operating budget language. As a result the House will effectively pass their proposed operating budget using SB 6444 as the vehicle.

This will force the bill to go to conference between the Senate and the House because it is unlikely that the Senate will agree to the changes the House will make on the floor when it votes on SB 6444.

The House will vote on its proposed 2010 supplemental capital budget as soon as today (HB 2836) . The Senate has yet to release a proposed 2010 supplemental capital budget.

Finally, the House Finance Committee held a public hearing and moved the House’s revenue package (HB 3191) out of committee and to the House floor.