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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	Library Tracker 3-8-2013
Bill	Title	Sponsor	Status	Date	Latest Cmte Mtg Info	Companion Bills
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)
SHB 1128	Local agency public records	Takko	H Rules R	2/12/2013	Feb 8 Executive action taken in the House  Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
HB 1203	Children’s personal info	Farrell	S HumServ/Corr	2/19/2013	Mar 14 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate  Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change)	SB 5198(HGovt Operation)
SHB 1298	Sunshine committee	Springer	S Govt Ops	3/6/2013	Feb 14 Executive action taken in the House  Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 10:00 AM.	SB 5169(SRules 2)
SHB 1418	Public records/hours	Hunt	S Govt Ops	3/6/2013	Feb 19 Executive action taken in the House  Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 8:00 AM.
HB 1486	Fire protection authorities	Fitzgibbon	H Rules R	3/1/2013	Feb 28 Executive action taken in the House  Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.	SB 5331(SGovt Ops)
SHB 1488	Fire protection districts	Liias	H 2nd Reading	3/5/2013	Feb 28 Executive action taken in the House  Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.	SB 5332(Ssubst for)
HB 1539	Annexation within code city	Rodne	H 2nd Reading	3/7/2013	Feb 21 Executive action taken in the House  Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM.	SB 5417(S2nd Reading)
SHB 1654	Fire prot. service authority	Riccelli	H 2nd Reading	3/6/2013	Feb 22 Executive action taken in the House  Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
2SHB 1723	Early learning services	Kagi	S EL/K-12	3/8/2013	Mar 15 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate  Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change)
2SHB 1828	Local govt fiscal conditions	Springer	H Rules R	3/1/2013	Feb 25 Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government at 1:30 PM.	SB 5690(SWays & Means)
SHB 1960	Metropolitan park districts	Seaquist	H 2nd Reading	3/5/2013	Feb 28 Executive action taken in the House  Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
SSB 5013	Annexations	Benton	S 2nd Reading	2/5/2013	Jan 29 Executive action taken in the Senate  Committee on Governmental Operations at 10:00 AM.
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 5169	Sunshine committee	Roach	S Rules 2	2/12/2013	Feb 11 Executive action taken in the Senate  Committee on Governmental Operations at 6:00 PM.	HB 1298(Hsubst for)
SB 5198	Children’s personal info	Darneille	H Govt Operations	2/26/2013	Feb 7 Executive action taken in the Senate  Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 10:00 AM.	HB 1203(SHumServ/Corr)
SSB 5332	Fire protection districts	Roach	S Passed 3rd	3/7/2013	Feb 18 Executive action taken in the Senate  Committee on Governmental Operations at 6:00 PM.	HB 1488(H2nd Reading)
SB 5417	Annexation within code city	Mullet	S 2nd Reading	2/27/2013	Feb 18 Executive action taken in the Senate  Committee on Governmental Operations at 6:00 PM.	HB 1539(H2nd Reading)
SSB 5705	Taxing districts/property tx	Brown	H Finance	3/6/2013	Feb 21 Executive action taken in the Senate  Committee on Governmental Operations at 10:00 AM.	HB 1798(HFinance)
SSB 5727	Prev wages/distressed county	Braun	S Rules 2	2/19/2013	Feb 18 Executive action taken in the Senate  Committee on Commerce & Labor at 1:30 PM.
SSB 5851	Defined contribution plan	Bailey	S 2nd Reading	3/5/2013	Feb 28 Executive action taken in the Senate  Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.