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
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.
HB 1322	State retirement plans	Reykdal	S Ways & Means	2/15/2016	3/24/2015
	Mar 24 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.
ESHB 2148	State auditor	Chandler	S Acct & Reform	2/18/2016	2/24/2016
	Feb 24 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Accountability & Reform at 8:00 AM.
HB 2298	Domestic partnerships/PERS	Moeller	S Ways & Means	2/15/2016	1/25/2016
	Jan 25 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
ESHB 2376	Operating sup budget 2016	Dunshee	H Passed 3rd	2/25/2016	2/23/2016	SB 6246(SWMDPS)
	Feb 23 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
HB 2380	Supplemental capital budget	Tharinger	H Cap Budget	1/12/2016	2/26/2016	SB 6201(SWMDPS)
	Feb 26 Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)
SHB 2427	Local gov. modernization	Springer	S GovtOp&Sec	2/18/2016	2/25/2016
	Feb 25 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations & Security at 5:45 PM.
SHB 2483	Child sex exploit./subpoenas	Sawyer	S Law & Justice	2/17/2016	2/24/2016
	Feb 24 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 5:30 PM.
2SHB 2576	Local agency public records	McBride	H 2nd Reading	2/15/2016	2/8/2016
	Feb 8 Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on General Government & Information Technology at 8:00 AM.
HB 2741	State & local fiscal agents	Kuderer	S Ways & Means	2/19/2016	2/2/2016	SB 6397(SRules X)
	Feb 2 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 8:30 AM.
HB 2996	Tax preferences/K-12 funding	Lytton	H Finance	2/24/2016	2/26/2016
	Feb 26 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)
ESSB 5077	Operating bdgt 2015, 2015-17	Hill	S Rules X	2/25/2016	4/1/2015	HB 1106(Hsubst for)
	Apr 1 Public hearing and executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:00 PM.
SSB 5864	Annexed areas/sales & use tx	Nelson	H Finance	1/29/2016	2/24/2016	HB 1576(Hsubst for)
	Feb 24 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 3:30 PM.
SSB 6050	Operating bdgt 2015, 2015-17	Hill	S Rules X	2/25/2016	5/28/2015
	May 28 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:00 PM.
SB 6171	OPMA civil penalties	Roach	H Rules R	2/25/2016	2/24/2016	HB 2353(HRules R)
	Feb 24 Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government at 8:00 AM.
SSB 6201	Supplemental capital budget	Honeyford	S WMDPS	2/26/2016	2/25/2016	HB 2380(HCap Budget)
	Feb 25 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.
SSB 6246	Operating sup budget 2016	Hill	S WMDPS	2/26/2016	2/25/2016	HB 2376(Hsubst for)
	Feb 25 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.
SSB 6273	Schools/safe technology use	Liias	H Education	2/10/2016	2/25/2016	HB 2595(HEducation)
	Feb 25 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
SB 6475	Health coverage through PEBB	Dansel	H Approps	2/18/2016	2/3/2016
	Feb 3 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.
SB 6663	Voting rights	Miloscia	S GovtOp&Sec	2/24/2016
SB 6664	Pblc service retirement T.O.	Braun	S Ways & Means	2/24/2016