Courtesy Legislative Planning Committee, Washington Library Association State Bills of Interest.

The Washington Library Association(WLA) tracks state legislative activity that will potentially affect Washington Libraries. Their tracker is posted to the WLA web site and we will also post it weekly on this blog.  For information on the legislative process or becoming involved see the WLA site referenced above.

Those bills in the House and Senate policy committees that are technically dead have now been removed from this list.

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Bill	Title	Sponsor	Status	Date	Latest Cmte Mtg Info	Companion Bills
SHB 1072	Sex offender internet use	Simpson	H Gen Gov Apps	1/29/2010	Jan 27 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness at 1:30 PM.
SHB 1098	Former school empl vac leave	Hunt	H Ways & Means	1/11/2010	Feb 27 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
HB 1374	Local govt archives account	Dunshee	H Cap Budget	1/11/2010	Feb 27 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
HB 1541	Half-time edu employment	Seaquist	S Ways & Means	2/9/2010	Jan 20 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.	SB 5302(S2nd Reading)
HB 1690	Public works contracting	Hasegawa	S GovtOp & Elect	2/9/2010	Feb 18 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 3:30 PM.
HB 1722	PERS default provisions	Crouse	H Ways & Means	1/11/2010	Feb 18 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.	SB 5307(SWays & Means)
HB 1830	Business definitions	Santos	S EDev/Trd/Innov	2/12/2010	Feb 17 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Trade & Innovation at 8:00 AM.
SHB 2397	Initiatives and referenda	Moeller	S GovtOp & Elect	2/16/2010	Feb 2 Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM.
SHB 2403	Military leave/pub employees	Morrell	S GovtOp & Elect	1/25/2010	Feb 18 Public hearing and executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 3:30 PM.	SB 6196(HSGTribalAff)
ESHB 2424	Sexual exploitation/children	O’Brien	S Judiciary	2/18/2010	Feb 24 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 3:30 PM. (Subject to change)	SB 6201(SJudiciary)
SHB 2447	Public employee photographs	Appleton	H Ways & Means	2/1/2010	Feb 6 Public hearing in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
SHB 2577	Community facilities distr’s	Sullivan	H Rules C	2/17/2010	Jan 28 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development & Trade at 10:00 AM.	SB 6241(Ssubst for)
SHB 2582	Agency web sites/pub records	Hurst	H Rules R	1/28/2010	Jan 26 Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM.	SB 6367(Ssubst for)
2SHB 2583	Pub record request violation	Haigh	H Rules R	2/9/2010	Feb 5 Executive action taken in the House Committee on General Government Appropriations at 1:30 PM.	SB 6368(SGovtOp & Elect)
HB 2618	Regulation of urban streets	Liias	H Trans	1/11/2010	Jan 20 Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM.	SB 6616(STransportation)
SHB 2620	Excise taxation	Hunter	S Rules 2	2/18/2010	Feb 17 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.	SB 6552(S2nd Reading)
HB 2637	Local government taxation	Hunter	H Finance	1/11/2010
HB 2650	Severe economic downturns	Springer	H Finance	1/11/2010	Jan 19 Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
HB 2679	State retirement system	Bailey	H Ways & Means	1/12/2010
2SHB 2731	At-risk children program	Goodman	S EL/K-12	2/16/2010	Feb 22 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)
SHB 2741	Infant & toddler program	Dickerson	H Rules C	2/17/2010	Feb 8 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.	SB 6593(HEarly L&CS)
HB 2749	Local government taxation	Nelson	H Finance	1/13/2010	Jan 19 Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
HB 2802	Local govt fiscal note prog	Anderson	H Ways & Means	1/14/2010
HB 2824	Operating supp budget 2010	Linville	H Ways & Means	1/14/2010	Feb 23 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 6:00 PM. (Subject to change)	SB 6444(SWays & Means)
2SHB 2867	Early learning	Kagi	S EL/K-12	2/17/2010	Feb 22 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)	SB 6517(SEL/K-12)
HB 2871	St. retirement plan benefits	Bailey	H Ways & Means	1/15/2010
SHB 2909	Sales and use taxes/cities	Appleton	H Finance	2/3/2010	Feb 1 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government & Housing at 1:30 PM.
HB 3041	Local services levy limits	Haigh	H Finance	1/21/2010
HB 3054	Local government T.O.	Springer	H Finance	1/21/2010
HB 3070	Fiscal reform	Chase	H Finance	1/22/2010		SB 6250(SWays & Means)
HB 3182	Unfunded mandates/local govt	Alexander	H Ways & Means	2/11/2010	Feb 22 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. (Subject to change)
SSB 5295	Publ records exemptions comm	Kline	H Exec Action	2/19/2010	Feb 19 Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM.
SB 5302	Half-time edu employment	Kilmer	S 2nd Reading	2/12/2010	Feb 8 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.	HB 1541(SWays & Means)
SB 5398	Public works bid prices	Rockefeller	S Rules 2	1/11/2010	Feb 12 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 3:30 PM.	HB 1200(HSGTribalAff)
SB 5696	Rural library district brds	Kauffman	S Rules 2G	1/11/2010	Feb 17 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 1:30 PM.	HB 1468(HRules 3C)
SB 6045	Retirement system proposal	Zarelli	S Ways & Means	2/9/2010	Feb 9 exec action scheduled -insufficient signatures
SB 6196	Military leave/pub employees	Hobbs	H SGTribalAff	2/4/2010	Feb 19 Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM.	HB 2403(Hsubst for)
SB 6216	Existing property tax levies	Rockefeller	S Rules 2	1/19/2010	Jan 18 Public hearing and executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 10:00 AM.	HB 2578(HSGTribalAff)
ESSB 6241	Community facilities distr’s	Kilmer	H ComEcDevTr	2/16/2010	Feb 18 Public hearing in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development & Trade at 10:00 AM.	HB 2577(Hsubst for)
SB 6250	Fiscal reform	Franklin	S Ways & Means	1/11/2010		HB 3070(HFinance)
SSB 6367	Agency web sites/pub records	Hatfield	H SGTribalAff	2/16/2010	Feb 23 Scheduled for public hearing and executive session in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)	HB 2582(HRules R)
SSB 6395	Rights of speech & petition	Kline	H Judiciary	2/17/2010	Feb 22 Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)
SSB 6397	Child pornography/internet	Kline	S 2nd Reading	2/12/2010	Feb 5 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM.
SSB 6408	Remedies/public records act	Fairley	S 2nd Reading	2/11/2010	Jan 28 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 3:30 PM.	HB 2910(HSGTribalAff)
SB 6444	Operating supp budget 2010	Prentice	S Ways & Means	1/14/2010		HB 2824(HWays & Means)
ESSB 6449	Petition signature gatherers	McDermott	H SGTribalAff	2/16/2010	Feb 23 Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)
SB 6516	PERS, TRS, and SERS	Hobbs	S Ways & Means	1/15/2010	Jan 28 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
SSB 6552	Excise taxation	Tom	S 2nd Reading	2/13/2010	Feb 2 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.	HB 2620(Hsubst for)
SSB 6609	Local govt infrastructure	Kastama	S Ways & Means	1/28/2010	Jan 27 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Trade & Innovation at 8:00 AM.	HB 2985(HFinance)
SB 6616	Regulation of urban streets	Jacobsen	S Transportation	1/25/2010	Jan 21 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 3:30 PM.	HB 2618(HTrans)
SSB 6685	Public information/web sites	Roach	S 2nd Reading	2/13/2010	Jan 28 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 3:30 PM.
SB 6689	Ballot title information	Pridemore	S 2nd Reading	2/12/2010	Feb 2 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 1:30 PM.	HB 2702(HSGTribalAff)
SB 6742	PERS avg final compensation	Pridemore	S Rules 2	2/9/2010	Feb 9 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
SSB 6797	Voters’ pamphlets	Tom	S 2nd Reading	2/13/2010	Feb 9 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.