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 01-28-2012
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 Exec Action	1/27/2012	Jan 31 Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness at 10:00 AM in anticipation of other legislative action.
HB 2222	State library	Roberts	H SGTribalAff	1/9/2012	Jan 16 Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM.	SB 6047(SRules 2)
HB 2327	Alternative public works	Haigh	H SGTribalAff	1/11/2012	Jan 26 Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 10:00 AM.
HB 2340	Public records act	Moeller	H SGTribalAff	1/11/2012	Jan 25 Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM.	SB 6146(SGovtOp & Elect)
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	Feb 1 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)
HB 2465	Property tax revenue limit	Moeller	H Ways & Means	1/16/2012
HB 2489	Multiple-unit dwellings	Ladenburg	H Ways & Means	1/16/2012		SB 6277(SWays & Means)
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 31 Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change)	SB 6141(SEDev/Trd/Innov)
HB 2602	Junior taxing districts	Eddy	H Exec Action	1/27/2012	Jan 31 Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM in anticipation of other legislative action.
HB 2608	Early learning guidelines	Kagi	H Erly Lrn/H Svc	1/18/2012	Jan 26 Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM.	SB 6293(SEL/K-12)
HB 2649	County property tax levies	Springer	H Ways & Means	1/20/2012	Jan 30 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. (Subject to change)
HB 2652	Destruction of documents	Pollet	H SGTribalAff	1/20/2012
HB 2677	Records copying & inspection	Eddy	H SGTribalAff	1/24/2012		SB 6351(SGovtOp & Elect)
HB 2728	Local government revenue	Hunt	H Ways & Means	1/27/2012		SB 6521(SGovtOp & Elect)
SSB 5049	Sunshine committee	Kline	S GovtOp & Elect	12/7/2011	Jan 31 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)
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.
2SSB 5553	Public agency web site info	Roach	S Rules 2	1/25/2012	Jan 24 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 1:30 PM.
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)
SSB 6017	Financial audits/local govts	Ranker	S Rules 2	1/27/2012	Jan 26 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 10:00 AM.
SSB 6047	State library	Chase	S Rules 2	1/27/2012	Jan 26 Executive action taken 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	Jan 31 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)	HB 2406(HSGTribalAff)
SB 6141	Lifelong learning program	Kilmer	S EDev/Trd/Innov	1/12/2012	Jan 26 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Trade & Innovation at 1:30 PM.	HB 2580(HLabor/Work Dev)
SB 6146	Public records act	Prentice	S GovtOp & Elect	1/12/2012	Jan 31 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)	HB 2340(HSGTribalAff)
SB 6257	Sexually explicit performnce	Roach	S Judiciary	1/16/2012	Jan 27 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM.
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 Rules 2	1/27/2012	Jan 25 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
SB 6351	Records copying & inspection	Prentice	S GovtOp & Elect	1/18/2012	Jan 31 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)	HB 2677(HSGTribalAff)
SB 6378	State retirement plans	Zarelli	S Ways & Means	1/19/2012
SB 6416	Public works payroll records	Chase	S Lab/Comm/CP	1/23/2012
SB 6449	High-quality early learning	Harper	S EL/K-12	1/23/2012	Jan 30 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)
SB 6458	Claims against pub. entities	Schoesler	S Judiciary	1/24/2012
SB 6521	Local government revenue	Regala	S GovtOp & Elect	1/27/2012		HB 2728(HWays & Means)