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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Bill	Title	Sponsor	Status	Date	Latest Cmte Mtg Info	Companion Bills
ESHB 1086	Operating sup budget 2009-11	Hunter	C 5 L 11 PV	2/18/2011		SB 5095(SWays & Means)
ESHB 1087	Operating 2009-11 & 2011-13	Hunter	S Ways & Means	4/12/2011	Apr 15 Scheduled for executive session in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)	SB 5094(SWays & Means)
SHB 1127	Bargaining representatives	Moeller	S Passed 3rd	4/12/2011	Mar 24 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce & Consumer Protection at 10:00 AM.
EHB 1409	Public property/sale, etc.	Appleton	H Passed FP	4/13/2011	Mar 21 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 10:00 AM.	SB 5208(SRules X)
HB 1625	Plan 3 retirement systems	Hunter	Del to Gov	4/11/2011	Mar 14 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.	SB 5494(HRules R)
SHB 1728	Service animals/businesses	Eddy	S Passed 3rd	4/8/2011	Mar 14 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce & Consumer Protection at 10:00 AM.	SB 5680(SLab/Comm/CP)
EHB 1730	Local government bonds	Jinkins	S Passed 3rd	4/12/2011	Mar 15 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 1:30 PM.	SB 5695(Ssubst for)
HB 1742	Alternate early retirement	Hunter	H Ways & Means	2/1/2011	Apr 14 Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.
ESHB 1826	Taxpayer appeal protections	Orcutt	Del to Gov	4/11/2011	Mar 29 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 2:00 PM.
SHB 1899	Public records violations	Miloscia	S Passed 3rd	4/6/2011	Mar 21 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 10:00 AM.
HB 1953	Real estate excise taxes	Springer	S Passed 3rd	4/8/2011	Mar 24 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 10:00 AM.
HB 1981	Public & higher ed employees	Bailey	H Ways & Means	2/16/2011	Apr 14 Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.
SHB 1997	Economic development/funding	Orwall	S Ways & Means	3/15/2011	Apr 1 Executive action scheduled, but the motion to report the bill out of the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM failed.
SHB 1998	Actuarial services/state	Bailey	S Ways & Means	3/8/2011	Feb 25 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
HB 2018	Local govt employee pensions	Moeller	H Ways & Means	3/14/2011		SB 5882(SRules 2G)
HB 2021	PERS and TRS plan 1	Pettigrew	H Ways & Means	3/16/2011	Apr 14 Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.	SB 5920(SWays & Means)
SHB 2033	Arts and heritage programs	Darneille	H Ways & Means	4/7/2011	Apr 15 Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. (Subject to change)
HB 2042	In-state contractors	Dunshee	H Cap Budget	3/31/2011	Apr 5 Public hearing in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 8:00 AM.
HB 2070	Avg. salary/pension purposes	Seaquist	H Ways & Means	4/9/2011	Apr 15 Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. (Subject to change)
HJR 4219	State’s pension obligations	Van De Wege	H Ways & Means	2/8/2011	Apr 15 Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. (Subject to change)	SJR 8214(SWays & Means)
SB 5094	Operating budget 2011-2013	Murray	S Ways & Means	1/13/2011		HB 1087(Hsubst for)
SB 5494	Plan 3 retirement systems	Brown	H Rules R	3/24/2011	Mar 22 Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.	HB 1625(Del to Gov)
SSB 5553	Public agency web site info	Roach	H SGTribalAff	3/9/2011	Mar 24 Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 10:00 AM.
SB 5587	Low-income prop tax deferral	Schoesler	S Ways & Means	1/31/2011	Mar 31 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
SB 5628	Emer medical services levy	Fain	H Passed 3rd	4/7/2011	Mar 30 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.	HB 1385(HWays & Means)
ESB 5638	Flood control zone districts	Keiser	H Ways & Means	3/7/2011	Apr 15 Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. (Subject to change)
2SSB 5662	In-state contractors	Conway	S ref/H recede	4/13/2011	Mar 29 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 8:00 AM.	HB 1809(HSGTribalAff)
SSB 5695	Local government bonds	Fraser	H Passed 3rd	4/11/2011	Mar 15 Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM.	EHB 1730(SPassed 3rd)
ESB 5773	Health savings acct option	Zarelli	H Rules C	4/12/2011	Mar 31 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
SSB 5834	Lodging tax/arts & heritage	Murray	H Ways & Means	3/8/2011	Mar 14 Public hearing in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.
SB 5852	TRS and PERS plan 1	Hewitt	H Ways & Means	3/8/2011	Apr 14 Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.
SB 5882	Local govt employee pensions	Schoesler	S Rules 2G	4/5/2011	Mar 29 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 2:00 PM.	HB 2018(HWays & Means)
SB 5908	Public employee pensions	Zarelli	S Ways & Means	3/25/2011	Mar 30 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
SB 5920	PERS and TRS plan 1	Murray	S Ways & Means	4/6/2011	Apr 15 Scheduled for executive session in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)	HB 2021(HWays & Means)