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.

	Library Tracker 3-15-2013
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)
HB 1203	Children’s personal info	Farrell	S HumServ/Corr	2/19/2013	Mar 14 Public hearing in the Senate  Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 10:00 AM.	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	Mar 18 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate  Committee on Governmental Operations at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change)
HB 1486	Fire protection authorities	Fitzgibbon	S Govt Ops	3/12/2013	Feb 28 Executive action taken in the House  Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.	SB 5331(SGovt Ops)
SHB 1654	Fire prot. service authority	Riccelli	S Govt Ops	3/12/2013	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 Public hearing in the Senate  Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM.
E2SHB 1828	Local govt fiscal conditions	Springer	S Ways & Means	3/13/2013	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	S Govt Ops	3/15/2013	Feb 28 Executive action taken in the House  Committee on Finance at 8:00 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)
SB 5198	Children’s personal info	Darneille	H Govt Operations	2/26/2013	Mar 19 Scheduled for public hearing in the House  Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change)	HB 1203(SHumServ/Corr)
SSB 5332	Fire protection districts	Roach	H Local Govt	3/9/2013	Mar 19 Scheduled for public hearing in the House  Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)	HB 1488(HRules C)
SB 5417	Annexation within code city	Mullet	H Local Govt	3/15/2013	Feb 18 Executive action taken in the Senate  Committee on Governmental Operations at 6:00 PM.	HB 1539(HRules C)
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)