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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This posting reflects the status of bills at the end of the conclusion of the regular and first special 2012 legislative session.

 

	04-11-2012 Sine Die
Bill	Title	Sponsor	Status	Date	Latest Cmte Mtg Info	Companion Bills
ESHB 1478	City & county fiscal relief	Springer	C 353 L 11	5/16/2011	Mar 24 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 10:00 AM.	SB 5360(SRules X)
3ESHB 2127	Operating sup budget 2011-13	Hunter	Del to Gov	4/11/2012	Apr 6 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.	ESB 5967(SRules 3)
SHB 2177	Child sexual exploitation	Ladenburg	C 135 L 12	3/29/2012	Feb 23 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 5:30 PM.
HB 2441	Retirement/excess comp.	Bailey	H Rules 3C	3/8/2012	Feb 21 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.
EHB 2602	Junior taxing districts	Eddy	H Rules 3C	3/8/2012	Feb 21 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 1:30 PM.
SHB 2608	Early learning guidelines	Kagi	H Rules 3C	3/8/2012	Feb 16 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.	SB 6293(SEL/K-12)
HB 2801	Local govt fiscal matters	Hunt	H Ways & Means	2/27/2012	Mar 1 Public hearing in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
HB 2813	Local effort assistance	Hunter	H Ways & Means	2/27/2012	Mar 1 Public hearing in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
HB 2825	New PERS, TRS, SERS members	Hunter	H Ways & Means	4/3/2012	Apr 4 Public hearing in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 1:00 PM.
HB 2834	Reporting requirements	Alexander	Del to Gov	4/10/2012
2SSB 5355	Special agency meetings	Morton	C 188 L 12	3/29/2012	Feb 20 Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM.
2SSB 5553	Public agency web site info	Roach	S Rules 3	3/8/2012	Jan 24 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 1:30 PM.
ESB 5967	Operating sup budget 2011-13	Murray	S Rules 3	3/8/2012	Feb 28 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 5:30 PM.	HB 2127(Hsubst for)
SB 6109	Closed exec. sess. meetings	Pridemore	S Rules 3	3/8/2012	Feb 20 Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM.	HB 2406(HSGTribalAff)
ESB 6141	Lifelong learning program	Kilmer	C 33 L 12	3/7/2012	Feb 21 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development at 10:00 AM.	HB 2580(HRules R)
ESB 6257	Sexually explicit act	Roach	C 144 L 12	3/29/2012	Feb 21 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness at 10:00 AM.
SSB 6277	Multiple-unit dwellings	Conway	C 194 L 12	3/29/2012	Mar 7 Public hearing in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.	HB 2489(HWays & Means)
2ESB 6378	State retirement plans	Zarelli	Del to Gov	4/10/2012	Feb 2 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.
ESB 6589	Direct patient-provider care	Kastama	S Rules 3	3/8/2012	Feb 20 Public hearing in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.