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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	Library Tracker 1-16-2015
Bill	Title	Sponsor	Status	Date	Latest Cmte Mtg Info	Companion Bills
HB 1008	Agency data practices audits	Smith	H Gen Govt & Inf	1/12/2015
HB 1013	County legislative meetings	Appleton	H LGDP	1/15/2015	Jan 15 Executive action taken in the House  Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
HB 1086	Public record commercial use	Moeller	H State Governme	1/12/2015	Jan 20 Scheduled for public hearing in the House  Committee on State Government at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change)
HB 1105	Operating sup budget 2015	Hunter	H Approps	1/12/2015	Jan 14 Public hearing in the House  Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.	SB 5076(SWays & Means)
HB 1106	Operating budget 2015-2017	Hunter	H Approps	1/12/2015	Jan 14 Public hearing in the House  Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.	SB 5077(SWays & Means)
HB 1107	Cultural & heritage programs	Springer	H Comm Dev, Hous	1/12/2015	Jan 20 Scheduled for public hearing in the House  Committee on Community Development and Housing & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)
HB 1133	Public utility tax, counties	Tharinger	H Local Govt	1/14/2015	Jan 22 Scheduled for public hearing in the House  Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)
HB 1168	Retiree return-to-work/PERS	Ormsby	H Approps	1/14/2015		SB 5211(SWays & Means)
HB 1189	City, district publ. records	Hunt, S.	H Local Govt	1/15/2015	Jan 20 Scheduled for public hearing in the House  Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change)
HB 1250	Notice and review processes	Holy	H Local Govt	1/16/2015		SB 5138(SGovtOp&StSec)
HB 1251	Emergency med services levy	Van De Wege	H Finance	1/16/2015
SB 5076	Operating sup budget 2015	Hill	S Ways & Means	1/13/2015		HB 1105(HApprops)
SB 5077	Operating budget 2015-2017	Hill	S Ways & Means	1/13/2015	Jan 14 Public hearing in the Senate  Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.	HB 1106(HApprops)
SB 5109	Infrastructure/local govt	Brown	S Trade & Economi	1/14/2015
SB 5138	Notice and review processes	Roach	S GovtOp&StSec	1/14/2015	Jan 20 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate  Committee on Government Operations & State Security at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change)	HB 1250(HLocal Govt)
SB 5211	Retiree return-to-work/PERS	Bailey	S Ways & Means	1/15/2015		HB 1168(HApprops)