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 3-22-2012
Title	Sponsor	Status	Date	Latest Cmte Mtg Info	Companion Bills
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)
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)
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)
Sunshine committee	Springer	S Govt Ops	3/6/2013	Mar 28 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate  Committee on Governmental Operations at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change)	SB 5169(SRules 2)
Public records/hours	Hunt	S Rules 2	3/19/2013	Mar 18 Public hearing and executive action taken in the Senate  Committee on Governmental Operations at 10:00 AM.
Fire protection authorities	Fitzgibbon	S Govt Ops	3/12/2013	Mar 28 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate  Committee on Governmental Operations at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change)	SB 5331(SGovt Ops)
Fire prot. service authority	Riccelli	S Govt Ops	3/12/2013	Mar 28 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate  Committee on Governmental Operations at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change)
Early learning services	Kagi	S EL/K-12	3/8/2013	Mar 27 Scheduled for executive session in the Senate  Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)
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)
Metropolitan park districts	Seaquist	S Govt Ops	3/15/2013	Mar 26 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate  Committee on Governmental Operations at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change)
Operating sup budget 2013	Hill	S Ways & Means	1/15/2013		HB 1058(HApprops)
Operating budget 2013-2015	Hill	S Ways & Means	1/15/2013		HB 1057(HApprops)
Children’s personal info	Darneille	H Govt Operations	2/26/2013	Mar 26 Scheduled for executive session in the House  Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 9:00 AM. (Subject to change)	HB 1203(SHumServ/Corr)
Fire protection districts	Roach	H Local Govt	3/9/2013	Mar 26 Scheduled for executive session in the House  Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)	HB 1488(HRules C)
Annexation within code city	Mullet	H Local Govt	3/15/2013	Mar 26 Scheduled for executive session in the House  Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)	HB 1539(HRules C)
Taxing districts/property tx	Brown	H Finance	3/6/2013	Mar 25 Scheduled for public hearing in the House  Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)	HB 1798(HFinance)