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.

For information on the legislative process or becoming involved, see the WLA site referenced above.

	Friday 01-13-2012
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 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 Scheduled for public hearing and executive session in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)	SB 6047(SGovtOp & Elect)
HB 2327	Alternative public works	Haigh	H SGTribalAff	1/11/2012
HB 2340	Public records act	Moeller	H SGTribalAff	1/11/2012		SB 6146(SGovtOp & Elect)
HB 2397	State historical societies	Hudgins	H SGTribalAff	1/13/2012
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
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 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change)
SB 5852	TRS and PERS plan 1	Hewitt	S Rules X	12/7/2011
SB 5882	Local govt employee pensions	Schoesler	S Rules X	12/7/2011	Mar 29 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 2:00 PM.	HB 2018(HWays & Means)
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 6146	Public records act	Prentice	S GovtOp & Elect	1/12/2012		HB 2340(HSGTribalAff)