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
HB 1019	Public records requestors	Haler	H Govt Ops & Ele	1/14/2013	Jan 23 Public hearing in the House Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 1:30 PM.
HB 1037	Public records cost recovery	Moeller	H Govt Ops & Ele	1/14/2013	Jan 23 Public hearing in the House Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 1:30 PM.
HB 1042	Metro park district tax levy	Seaquist	H Finance	1/14/2013	Jan 28 Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.	SB 5410(SGovt Ops)
HB 1055	Metro park district tax levy	Angel	H Finance	1/14/2013
HB 1057	Operating budget 2013-2015	Hunter	H Approps	1/14/2013	Jan 15 Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.	SB 5034(SWays & Means)
HB 1058	Operating sup budget 2013	Hunter	H Approps	1/14/2013	Jan 15 Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.	SB 5033(SWays & Means)
HB 1128	Local agency public records	Takko	H Local Govt	1/16/2013	Feb 1 Executive session in the House Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
HB 1136	Emergency med. services levy	Van De Wege	H Finance	1/16/2013	Jan 25 Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
HB 1197	Open public meetings	Pollet	H Govt Operation	1/18/2013	Jan 31 Public hearing in the House Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 10:00 AM.
HB 1198	Pub. records & open meetings	Pollet	H Govt Operation	1/18/2013	Feb 7 Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change)
HB 1203	Children’s personal info	Farrell	H Govt Operation	1/18/2013	Feb 5 Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change)	SB 5198(SHumServ/Corr)
HB 1217	Property assessment system	Takko	H Exec Action	1/31/2013	Jan 31 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM.
HB 1226	PERS/returning retirees	Ormsby	H Approps	1/21/2013	Feb 5 Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM. (Subject to change)
HB 1264	Fire district mergers	Haigh	H Local Govt	1/22/2013	Feb 1 Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
HB 1268	Local government purchasing	Springer	H Local Govt	1/22/2013	Feb 5 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)	SB 5110(SRules 2)
HB 1298	Sunshine committee	Springer	H Govt Operation	1/22/2013	Feb 5 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change)	SB 5169(SGovt Ops)
HB 1418	Public records/hours	Hunt	H Govt Operations	1/25/2013
HB 1486	Fire protection authorities	Fitzgibbon	H Local Govt	1/29/2013		SB 5331(SGovt Ops)
HB 1488	Fire protection districts	Liias	H Local Govt	1/29/2013		SB 5332(SGovt Ops)
HB 1539	Annexation within code city	Rodne	H Local Govt	1/30/2013		SB 5417(SGovt Ops)
SSB 5013	Annexations	Benton	S Rules 2	1/30/2013	Jan 29 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Governmental Operations at 10:00 AM.
SB 5014	Eminent domain	Benton	S Law & Justice	1/14/2013	Feb 4 Scheduled for executive session in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)
SB 5018	Public art purchases	Benton	S Ways & Means	1/14/2013
SB 5033	Operating sup budget 2013	Hill	S Ways & Means	1/15/2013		HB 1058(HApprops)
SB 5034	Operating budget 2013-2015	Hill	S Ways & Means	1/15/2013		HB 1057(HApprops)
SSB 5110	Local government purchasing	Tom	S Rules 2	2/1/2013	Jan 31 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Governmental Operations at 10:00 AM.	HB 1268(HLocal Govt)
SB 5169	Sunshine committee	Roach	S Govt Ops	1/22/2013	Feb 7 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Governmental Operations at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change)	HB 1298(HGovt Operation)
SB 5198	Children’s personal info	Darneille	S HumServ/Corr	1/23/2013	Feb 5 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change)	HB 1203(HGovt Operation)
SB 5331	Fire protection authorities	Hobbs	S Govt Ops	1/28/2013		HB 1486(HLocal Govt)
SB 5332	Fire protection districts	Roach	S Govt Ops	1/28/2013		HB 1488(HLocal Govt)
SB 5383	Retiree return to work/PERS	Benton	S Ways & Means	1/28/2013	Feb 4 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. (Subject to change)
SB 5410	Metro park district tax levy	Schlicher	S Govt Ops	1/29/2013		HB 1042(HFinance)
SB 5417	Annexation within code city	Mullet	S Govt Ops	1/29/2013		HB 1539(HLocal Govt)