Courtesy of the Legislative Planning Committee, Washington Library Association Library Related Legislation. 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.

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	Friday 1-22-2012 active
Bill	Title	Sponsor	Status	Date	Latest Cmte Mtg Info	Companion Bills
HB 2127	Operating sup budget 2011-13	Hunter	H Ways & Means	11/28/2011	Nov 28 Public hearing in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.	SB 5967(SWays & Means)
HB 2177	Child sexual exploitation	Ladenburg	H Pub Safety	12/14/2011	Jan 11 Public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness at 1:30 PM.
HB 2222	State library	Roberts	H SGTribalAff	1/9/2012	Jan 16 Public hearing, executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM.	SB 6047(SGovtOp & Elect)
HB 2327	Alternative public works	Haigh	H SGTribalAff	1/11/2012	Jan 26 Scheduled for public hearing and executive session in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change)
HB 2340	Public records act	Moeller	H SGTribalAff	1/11/2012	Jan 23 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)	SB 6146(SGovtOp & Elect)
HB 2397	State historical societies	Hudgins	H SGTribalAff	1/13/2012	Jan 25 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change)
HB 2398	State library/transfer to UW	Hudgins	H SGTribalAff	1/13/2012
HB 2399	State law library	Hudgins	H SGTribalAff	1/13/2012
HB 2406	Closed exec. sess. meetings	Takko	H SGTribalAff	1/13/2012		SB 6109(SGovtOp & Elect)
HB 2441	Retirement/excess comp.	Bailey	H Ways & Means	1/13/2012
HB 2465	Property tax revenue limit	Moeller	H Ways & Means	1/16/2012
HB 2474	Emer medical service levies	Springer	H Ways & Means	1/16/2012	Jan 24 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. (Subject to change)
HB 2489	Multiple-unit dwellings	Ladenburg	H Ways & Means	1/16/2012		SB 6277(SWays & Means)
HB 2525	Public sector union finances	Taylor	H SGTribalAff	1/17/2012
HB 2526	Public employee reps/records	Taylor	H SGTribalAff	1/17/2012
HB 2572	Public records and meetings	Pollet	H SGTribalAff	1/17/2012
HB 2580	Lifelong learning program	Kenney	H Labor/Work Dev	1/18/2012	Jan 25 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)	SB 6141(SEDev/Trd/Innov)
HB 2602	Junior taxing districts	Eddy	H Local Govt	1/18/2012	Jan 25 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)
HB 2608	Early learning guidelines	Kagi	H Erly Lrn/H Svc	1/18/2012	Jan 26 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change)	SB 6293(SEL/K-12)
2SSB 5355	Special agency meetings	Morton	S Rules 2	1/13/2012	Jan 12 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 10:00 AM.
SSB 5553	Public agency web site info	Roach	S GovtOp & Elect	12/7/2011	Jan 16 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 10:00 AM.
SSB 5883	Operating sup budget 2011-13	Murray	S Rules 2	12/14/2011	Dec 13 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.
SB 5967	Operating sup budget 2011-13	Murray	S Ways & Means	12/1/2011	Dec 1 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.	HB 2127(HWays & Means)
SB 6017	Financial audits/local govts	Ranker	S GovtOp & Elect	1/9/2012	Jan 12 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 10:00 AM.
SB 6047	State library	Chase	S GovtOp & Elect	1/9/2012	Jan 12 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 10:00 AM.	HB 2222(HSGTribalAff)
SB 6109	Closed exec. sess. meetings	Pridemore	S GovtOp & Elect	1/11/2012		HB 2406(HSGTribalAff)
SB 6141	Lifelong learning program	Kilmer	S EDev/Trd/Innov	1/12/2012	Jan 26 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Trade & Innovation at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)	HB 2580(HLabor/Work Dev)
SB 6146	Public records act	Prentice	S GovtOp & Elect	1/12/2012		HB 2340(HSGTribalAff)
SB 6257	Sexually explicit performnce	Roach	S Judiciary	1/16/2012	Jan 27 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)
SB 6277	Multiple-unit dwellings	Conway	S Ways & Means	1/19/2012	Jan 18 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Housing & Insurance at 1:30 PM.	HB 2489(HWays & Means)
SB 6293	Early learning guidelines	Harper	S EL/K-12	1/17/2012		HB 2608(HErly Lrn/H Svc)
SB 6339	Open course library material	Tom	S HighEd&WorkDev	1/18/2012	Jan 25 Scheduled for executive session in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)
SB 6351	Records copying & inspection	Prentice	S GovtOp & Elect	1/18/2012
SB 6378	State retirement plans	Zarelli	S Ways & Means	1/19/2012