2014 Proposed Legislation Affecting Libraries 01/24/2014
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 weekly on this blog.
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Bill | Title | Sponsor | Status | Date | Latest Cmte Mtg Info | Companion Bills |
HB 1486 | Fire protection authorities | Fitzgibbon | H 3rd Reading | 1/20/2014 | Mar 28 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Governmental Operations at 10:00 AM. | SB 5331(SGovt Ops) |
SHB 1654 | Fire prot. service authority | Riccelli | H 3rd Reading | 1/20/2014 | Mar 28 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Governmental Operations at 10:00 AM. | |
HB 1854 | Annexations/public approval | Schmick | H Local Govt | 2/12/2013 | Jan 23 Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM. | |
2SHB 1960 | Metropolitan park districts | Seaquist | H Rules R | 1/21/2014 | Jan 16 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM. | |
SHB 2105 | Govt agency meeting agendas | Hawkins | H GOEDPS | 1/22/2014 | Jan 22 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 1:30 PM. | |
SHB 2121 | Public records and meetings | Pollet | H GOEDPS | 1/21/2014 | Jan 21 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 10:00 AM. | SB 5964(SGovt Ops) |
HB 2202 | Open government data policy | Carlyle | H Govt Operation | 1/13/2014 | Jan 29 Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 2212 | Cultural access programs | Springer | H Finance | 1/14/2014 | Jan 23 Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM. | |
HB 2298 | Capital projects/tech infra. | Pike | H Local Govt | 1/15/2014 | Jan 27 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 2407 | PERS/retiree return to work | Ormsby | H APPDP | 1/21/2014 | Jan 21 Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM. | |
HB 2428 | Emer medical service levies | Hunt, S. | H Finance | 1/17/2014 | Jan 28 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 2522 | Librarians/rural county dist | Fitzgibbon | H Local Govt | 1/20/2014 | ||
HB 2560 | School library info and tech | Stonier | H Education | 1/21/2014 | SB 6105(SEL/K-12) | |
SSB 5013 | Annexations | Benton | S Rules 2 | 1/17/2014 | Jan 29 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Governmental Operations at 10:00 AM. | |
SSB 5727 | Prev wages/distressed county | Braun | S Rules 2 | 1/17/2014 | Feb 18 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor at 1:30 PM. | |
SSB 5865 | Fundraising purchases/use tx | Roach | S Rules X | 1/20/2014 | Apr 16 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 8:00 AM. | |
SB 5955 | WA publicly owned trust | Hasegawa | S FI/Hous/Ins | 1/13/2014 | Jan 16 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Housing & Insurance at 1:30 PM. | |
SB 5964 | Public records and meetings | Fain | S Govt Ops | 1/13/2014 | Jan 16 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Governmental Operations at 10:00 AM. | HB 2121(HGOEDPS) |
SB 6059 | Scanning public records | Brown | S Govt Ops | 1/15/2014 | Jan 23 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Governmental Operations at 10:00 AM. | |
SB 6105 | School library info and tech | McAuliffe | S EL/K-12 | 1/15/2014 | Jan 24 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM. | HB 2560(HEducation) |
SB 6114 | Local gov treasury practices | Benton | S Govt Ops | 1/15/2014 | Jan 27 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Governmental Operations at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 6151 | Cultural access authorities | Hill | S Ways & Means | 1/16/2014 | Jan 28 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 6308 | Local govt employee bonuses | Schoesler | S Govt Ops | 1/20/2014 |