Courtesy of the Legislative Planning Committee, Washington Library Association. The Washington Library Association (WLA) tracks state legislative activity that will potentially affect Washington Libraries. Their tracker is posted weekly on this blog.

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Bill	Title	Sponsor	Status	Date	Hearing Date	Companion Bills
2SHB 1106	Operating bdgt 2015, 2015-17	Hunter	H Approps	1/11/2016	6/23/2015	SB 5077(Ssubst for)
	Jun 23 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
HB 1322	State retirement plans	Reykdal	S Ways & Means	2/15/2016	3/24/2015
	Mar 24 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.
ESHB 2148	State auditor	Chandler	S Acct & Reform	2/18/2016	2/8/2016
	Feb 8 Executive action taken in the House Committee on General Government & Information Technology at 8:00 AM.
HB 2298	Domestic partnerships/PERS	Moeller	S Ways & Means	2/15/2016	1/25/2016
	Jan 25 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
HB 2376	Operating sup budget 2016	Dunshee	H Approps	1/12/2016	2/22/2016	SB 6246(SWays & Means)
	Feb 22 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM. (Subject to change)
HB 2380	Supplemental capital budget	Tharinger	H Cap Budget	1/12/2016	1/15/2016	SB 6201(SWays & Means)
	Jan 15 Public hearing in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 8:00 AM.
SHB 2427	Local gov. modernization	Springer	S GovtOp&Sec	2/18/2016	2/25/2016
	Feb 25 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations & Security at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change)
SHB 2483	Child sex exploit./subpoenas	Sawyer	S Law & Justice	2/17/2016	2/4/2016
	Feb 4 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM.
HB 2741	State & local fiscal agents	Kuderer	S Ways & Means	2/19/2016	2/2/2016	SB 6397(S2nd Reading)
	Feb 2 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 8:30 AM.
ESSB 5077	Operating bdgt 2015, 2015-17	Hill	S Rules 3	4/24/2015	4/1/2015	HB 1106(Hsubst for)
	Apr 1 Public hearing and executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:00 PM.
SSB 5864	Annexed areas/sales & use tx	Nelson	H Finance	1/29/2016	2/19/2016	HB 1576(Hsubst for)
	Feb 19 Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
SSB 6050	Operating bdgt 2015, 2015-17	Hill	S Rules 2	5/28/2015	5/28/2015
	May 28 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:00 PM.
SB 6171	OPMA civil penalties	Roach	H State Governmen	2/18/2016	1/28/2016	HB 2353(HRules R)
	Jan 28 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations & Security at 10:00 AM.
SB 6201	Supplemental capital budget	Honeyford	S Ways & Means	1/12/2016	1/14/2016	HB 2380(HCap Budget)
	Jan 14 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.
SB 6246	Operating sup budget 2016	Hill	S Ways & Means	1/13/2016	1/11/2016	HB 2376(HApprops)
	Jan 11 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.
SSB 6273	Schools/safe technology use	Liias	H Education	2/10/2016	2/22/2016	HB 2595(HEducation)
	Feb 22 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)
SB 6475	Health coverage through PEBB	Dansel	H Approps	2/18/2016	2/3/2016
	Feb 3 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.