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	Original Sponsor	Status	Date	HRG Date	Latest Cmte Mtg Info	Companion Bills
SHB 1105	Operating sup budget 2015	Hunter	C 3 L 15	2/19/2015	2/9/2015	Feb 9 Executive action taken in the Senate  Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.	SB 5076(SWays & Means)
HB 1106	Operating budget 2015-2017	Hunter	H Approps	1/12/2015	1/14/2015	Jan 14 Public hearing in the House  Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.	SB 5077(SWays & Means)
HB 1168	Retiree return-to-work/PERS	Ormsby	S Ways & Means	3/6/2015	2/5/2015	Feb 5 Executive action taken in the House  Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.	SB 5211(SRules 2G)
HB 1189	City, district publ. records	Hunt, S.	S GovtOp&Sec	3/6/2015	3/19/2015	Mar 19 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate  Committee on Government Operations & Security at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change)
HB 1322	State retirement plans	Reykdal	S Ways & Means	3/5/2015	2/5/2015	Feb 5 Executive action taken in the House  Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
EHB 1513	Local infrastructure areas	Springer	S Trade & Economi	3/12/2015	2/23/2015	Feb 23 Executive action taken in the House  Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
SHB 1576	Annexed areas/sales & use tx	Fitzgibbon	S Ways & Means	3/9/2015	2/25/2015	Feb 25 Executive action taken in the House  Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.	SB 5864(S2nd Reading)
ESHB 1740	Health coverage through PEBB	Appleton	S Health Care	3/11/2015	2/25/2015	Feb 25 Executive action taken in the House  Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.	SB 5731(SHealth Care)
SHB 1919	Special elections, timing of	Hunt, S.	S GovtOp&Sec	3/13/2015	2/18/2015	Feb 18 Executive action taken in the House  Committee on State Government at 8:00 AM.
EHB 2084	State-required reports	Hunter	S GovtOp&Sec	3/12/2015	2/24/2015	Feb 24 Executive action taken in the House  Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
HB 2158	Spec purpose tx distrct T.O.	Carlyle	H Finance	2/19/2015
SB 5076	Operating sup budget 2015	Hill	S Ways & Means	1/13/2015			HB 1105(Hsubst for)
SB 5077	Operating budget 2015-2017	Hill	S Ways & Means	1/13/2015	1/14/2015	Jan 14 Public hearing in the Senate  Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.	HB 1106(HApprops)
SSB 5138	Notice and review processes	Roach	H Local Govt	3/9/2015	3/17/2015	Mar 17 Scheduled for public hearing in the House  Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change)	HB 1250(HRules C)
SSB 5294	School library & tech progs	McAuliffe	H Education	2/26/2015	3/12/2015	Mar 12 Public hearing in the House  Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.	HB 1331(HRules X)
SSB 5348	Joint utilization contracts	Miloscia	H State Governmen	3/3/2015	3/19/2015	Mar 19 Scheduled for executive session in the House  Committee on State Government at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)	HB 1079(HRules X)
SSB 5463	Cultural & heritage programs	Hill	H Comm Dev, Housi	3/6/2015	3/17/2015	Mar 17 Scheduled for public hearing in the House  Committee on Community Development and Housing & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)	HB 1107(HRules C)
SB 5466	PEBB benefits eligibility	Becker	H Approps	3/5/2015	3/16/2015	Mar 16 Scheduled for public hearing in the House  Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM. (Subject to change)
SSB 5721	Expanded learning opp’s cncl	Billig	H Education	3/13/2015	2/17/2015	Feb 17 Executive action taken in the Senate  Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
SSB 5730	Access roads utilized by DNR	Pearson	H Ag & Nat Res	3/5/2015	3/19/2015	Mar 19 Scheduled for public hearing in the House  Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)
SB 6018	Rural cnty library districts	Fain	S GovtOp&Sec	2/17/2015			HB 2145(HLocal Govt)