Courtesy of the Legislative Planning Committee, Washington Library Association. 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	Hearing Date	Companion Bills
SHB 1008	Agency data practices audits	Smith	H Gen Govt & Info	1/11/2016	2/13/2015
	Feb 13 Executive action taken in the House Committee on General Government & Information Technology at 8:00 AM.
2SHB 1106	Operating bdgt 2015, 2015-17	Hunter	H Approps	1/11/2016	6/23/2015	SB 5077(Ssubst for)
	Jun 23 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
2SHB 1107	Cultural & heritage programs	Springer	H Finance	1/11/2016	2/25/2015	SB 5463(Ssubst for)
	Feb 25 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
ESHB 1740	Health coverage through PEBB	Appleton	H Approps	1/11/2016	4/7/2015	SB 5731(SHealth Care)
	Apr 7 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
EHB 2084	State-required reports	Hunter	H Finance	1/11/2016	3/31/2015
	Mar 31 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations & Security at 10:00 AM.
HB 2148	State auditor	Chandler	H Gen Govt & Inf	2/18/2015	2/582016
	Feb 8 Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on General Government & Information Technology at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change)
ESHB 2156	Cities and counties/fiscal	Reykdal	H Finance	1/11/2016	6/8/2015
	Jun 8 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 11:00 AM.
2016 Bills	Title	Sponsor	Status	Date	Hearing Date	Companion Bills
HB 2290	Public record request limits	MacEwen	H State Governme	1/11/2016	1/26/2016
	Jan 26 Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government at 10:00 AM.
SHB 2296	Pub. facilities district tax	Rossetti	H Rules R	1/29/2016	1/26/2016
	Jan 26 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 3:30 PM.
HB 2298	Domestic partnerships/PERS	Moeller	H Rules R	1/29/2016	1/25/2016
	Jan 25 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
HB 2333	PERS plan choice	Reykdal	H Approps	1/11/2016
HB 2353	OPMA civil penalties	Hunt, S.	H Rules R	1/29/2016	1/27/2016	SB 6171(SRules 2)
	Jan 27 Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government at 8:00 AM.
SHB 2375	Cybercrime	Magendanz	H Gen Govt & Info	2/2/2016	2/5/2016	SB 6197(SRules 2)
	Feb 5 Public hearing and executive session in the House Committee on General Government & Information Technology at 10:00 AM.
HB 2376	Operating sup budget 2016	Dunshee	H Approps	1/12/2016	1/13/2016	SB 6246(SWays & Means)
	Jan 13 Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
HB 2380	Supplemental capital budget	Tharinger	H Cap Budget	1/12/2016	1/15/2016	SB 6201(SWays & Means)
	Jan 15 Public hearing in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 8:00 AM.
SHB 2426	Rural library trustee appt.	Fitzgibbon	H Rules R	1/28/2016	1/26/2016	SB 6313(SGovtOp&Sec)
	Jan 26 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM.
SHB 2427	Local gov. modernization	Springer	H Rules R	2/5/2016	2/3/2016
	Feb 3 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM.
HB 2460	Firearms/public places	Walkinshaw	H Judiciary	1/13/2016	1/21/2016	SB 6351(SLaw & Justice)
	Jan 21 Public hearing in the House Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM.
HB 2483	Child sex exploit./subpoenas	Sawyer	H Judiciary	1/13/2016	2/4/2016
	Feb 4 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM.
HB 2488	Academic bill of rights	Manweller	H Hi Ed	1/14/2016	2/5/2016
	Feb 5 Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Higher Education at 8:00 AM.
SHB 2511	Child care center licensing	Pike	H Rules R	2/2/2016	1/29/2016
	Jan 29 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 10:00 AM.
SHB 2532	Access to library services	Kilduff	H Rules R	1/25/2016	1/20/2016
	Jan 20 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM.
HB 2543	Civil service qualifications	Stokesbary	H Rules R	2/5/2016	2/2/2016	SB 6319(SRules 2)
	Feb 2 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 1:30 PM.
HB 2557	Unused shared leave return	Hunt, S.	H Rules R	2/4/2016	2/2/2016
	Feb 2 Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government at 10:00 AM.
HB 2576	Local agency public records	McBride	H Local Govt	1/15/2016	2/4/2016
	Feb 4 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
HB 2589	Gender-segregated facilities	Hunt, G.	H Judiciary	1/15/2016
HB 2595	Schools/safe technology use	Ortiz-Self	H Education	1/15/2016		SB 6273(S2nd Reading)
HB 2646	Retirement system defaults	Ormsby	H Approps	1/18/2016	2/4/2016
	Feb 4 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
HB 2671	Early learning agency def.	Kagi	H Rules R	2/2/2016	1/29/2016	SB 6371(SRules 2)
	Jan 29 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 10:00 AM.
HB 2722	Small & limited public works	Kochmar	H Cap Budget	1/19/2016		SB 6393(SRules 2)
HB 2728	Reading coaches grants	Stokesbary	H Education	1/19/2016
HB 2741	State & local fiscal agents	Kuderer	H Rules R	2/5/2016	2/2/2016	SB 6397(SRules 2)
	Feb 2 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 8:30 AM.
HB 2742	School library materials	Reykdal	H Approps	1/20/2016
HB 2748	Payment of attorneys’ fees	Griffey	H Judiciary	1/20/2016	2/2/2016
	Feb 2 Public hearing in the House Committee on Judiciary at 10:00 AM.
HB 2782	Gender segregated facilities	Klippert	H Judiciary	1/20/2016
HB 2933	Small works rosters	Gregerson	H Tech & Econ D	1/28/2016	2/4/2016
	Feb 4 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology & Economic Development at 1:30 PM.
HB 2935	Gender seg. facility rules	Van Werven	H Judiciary	1/28/2016		SB 6443(SRules 2)
HB 2936	Public investments	Senn	H Approps	1/28/2016	2/4/2016	SB 6596(SWays & Means)
	Feb 4 Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
2015 Senate	Title	Sponsor	Status	Date	Hearing Date	Companion Bills
SSB 5329	Public employee bargaining	Braun	S Rules 2	1/19/2016	2/4/2015
	Feb 4 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor at 1:30 PM.
SSB 5435	State deferred comp program	Bailey	S 2nd Reading	2/2/2016	2/23/2015
	Feb 23 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
SSB 5864	Annexed areas/sales & use tx	Nelson	H Finance	1/29/2016	2/27/2015	HB 1576(Hsubst for)
	Feb 27 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:45 PM.
SB 6000	Cnty legislative authorities	Dansel	S Rules 2	1/19/2016	2/19/2015
	Feb 19 Public hearing and executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations & Security at 10:00 AM.
SB 6129	District-based elections	Roach	S GovtOp&Sec	6/10/2015	2/4/2016
	Feb 4 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations & Security at 5:45 PM.
2016 Bills	Title	Sponsor	Status	Date	Hearing Date	Companion Bills
SB 6171	OPMA civil penalties	Roach	S Rules 2	1/29/2016	1/28/2016	HB 2353(HRules R)
	Jan 28 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations & Security at 10:00 AM.
SB 6197	Cybercrime	Miloscia	S Rules 2	1/26/2016	1/25/2016	HB 2375(HGen Govt & Inf)
	Jan 25 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 1:30 PM.
SB 6201	Supplemental capital budget	Honeyford	S Ways & Means	1/12/2016	1/14/2016	HB 2380(HCap Budget)
	Jan 14 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.
SSB 6211	Nonprofit homeownership dev.	Dammeier	S Rules 2	2/4/2016	2/3/2016
	Feb 3 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.
SB 6233	Student freedom of express.	Fain	S Rules 2	2/3/2016	2/2/2016
	Feb 2 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
SB 6246	Operating sup budget 2016	Hill	S Ways & Means	1/13/2016	1/11/2016	HB 2376(HApprops)
	Jan 11 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.
SSB 6273	Schools/safe technology use	Liias	S 2nd Reading	2/2/2016	1/28/2016	HB 2595(HEducation)
	Jan 28 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM.
SB 6313	Rural library trustee appt.	Fain	S GovtOp&Sec	1/14/2016	1/25/2016	HB 2426(HRules R)
	Jan 25 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations & Security at 10:00 AM.
SB 6315	Local gov. modernization	Roach	S GovtOp&Sec	1/14/2016	2/4/2016
	Feb 4 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations & Security at 5:45 PM.
SSB 6319	Civil service qualifications	Jayapal	S Rules 2	1/28/2016	1/27/2016	HB 2543(HRules R)
	Jan 27 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor at 5:45 PM.
SB 6351	Firearms/public places	Habib	S Law & Justice	1/18/2016		HB 2460(HJudiciary)
SB 6371	Early learning agency def.	Litzow	S Rules 2	2/3/2016	2/2/2016	HB 2671(HRules R)
	Feb 2 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
SSB 6393	Small & limited public works	Warnick	S Rules 2	2/4/2016	2/3/2016	HB 2722(HCap Budget)
	Feb 3 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor at 1:30 PM.
SB 6397	State & local fiscal agents	Hill	S Rules 2	2/4/2016	2/3/2016	HB 2741(HRules R)
	Feb 3 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.
SSB 6410	Public emp. union elections	Hewitt	S Ways & Means	2/4/2016	2/3/2016
	Feb 3 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor at 1:30 PM.
SB 6433	Forfeiting public pensions	Bailey	S Ways & Means	1/20/2016
SB 6434	Garnishing public pensions	Bailey	S Ways & Means	1/20/2016
SB 6435	Optional salary deferral	Bailey	S Ways & Means	1/20/2016
SB 6443	Gender seg. facility rules	Ericksen	S Rules 2	1/28/2016	1/27/2016	HB 2935(HJudiciary)
	Jan 27 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor at 5:45 PM.
SB 6475	Health coverage through PEBB	Dansel	S Rules 2	2/4/2016	2/3/2016
	Feb 3 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.
SB 6542	Personal info. disclosure	Benton	S Commerce and L	1/25/2016
SSB 6548	Gender-segregated facilities	Warnick	S LAWDPS	2/4/2016	2/3/2016
	Feb 3 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 5:30 PM.
SB 6596	Public investments	Hill	S Ways & Means	1/28/2016		HB 2936(HApprops)
SB 6615	Prevailing wage requirements	Chase	S Commerce and La	1/29/2016