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 to the WLA web site and we will also post it weekly on this blog.

For information on the legislative process or becoming involved, see the WLA site referenced above.

Those bills in the legislature that are now technically dead after the fiscal-committee cut-off have been deleted .  Only those bills remaining alive are posted.

	Friday 02-10-2012
Bill	Title	Sponsor	Status	Date	Latest Cmte Mtg Info	Companion Bills
HB 2127	Operating sup budget 2011-13	Hunter	H Ways & Means	11/28/2011	Nov 28 Public hearing in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.	SB 5967(SWays & Means)
SHB 2177	Child sexual exploitation	Ladenburg	H Rules R	1/31/2012	Jan 27 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness at 8:00 AM.
HB 2441	Retirement/excess comp.	Bailey	H Rules R	2/7/2012	Feb 6 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
HB 2580	Lifelong learning program	Kenney	H Rules R	1/31/2012	Jan 31 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development at 10:00 AM.	SB 6141(S2nd Reading)
EHB 2602	Junior taxing districts	Eddy	H Passed 3rd	2/9/2012	Jan 27 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM.
SHB 2608	Early learning guidelines	Kagi	H 2nd Reading	2/9/2012	Feb 2 Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Education Appropriations & Oversight at 8:00 AM.	SB 6293(SEL/K-12)
2SSB 5049	Sunshine committee	Kline	S Rules 2	2/3/2012	Feb 2 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 10:00 AM.
2SSB 5355	Special agency meetings	Morton	S Passed 3rd	2/9/2012	Jan 12 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 10:00 AM.
2SSB 5553	Public agency web site info	Roach	S Rules 2G	2/7/2012	Jan 24 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 1:30 PM.
SSB 5883	Operating sup budget 2011-13	Murray	S Rules 2	12/14/2011	Dec 13 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.
SB 5967	Operating sup budget 2011-13	Murray	S Ways & Means	12/1/2011	Dec 1 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.	HB 2127(HWays & Means)
SSB 6017	Financial audits/local govts	Ranker	S Rules 2	1/27/2012	Jan 26 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 10:00 AM.
SSB 6047	State library	Chase	S Rules 2	1/27/2012	Jan 26 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 10:00 AM.	HB 2222(HSGTribalAff)
SB 6109	Closed exec. sess. meetings	Pridemore	S Rules 2G	2/7/2012	Feb 2 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 10:00 AM.	HB 2406(HSGTribalAff)
SB 6141	Lifelong learning program	Kilmer	S 2nd Reading	2/10/2012	Jan 30 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Trade & Innovation at 1:30 PM.	HB 2580(HRules R)
SSB 6146	Public records charges	Prentice	S Rules 2	2/3/2012	Feb 2 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 10:00 AM.	HB 2340(HSGTribalAff)
ESB 6257	Sexually explicit performnce	Roach	H Pub Safety	2/10/2012	Feb 15 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)
SB 6339	Open course library material	Tom	S Rules 2	1/27/2012	Jan 25 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
SSB 6351	Records copying & inspection	Prentice	S Rules 2	2/3/2012	Feb 2 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 10:00 AM.	HB 2677(HSGTribalAff)
SB 6589	Direct patient-provider care	Kastama	S 2nd Reading	2/10/2012	Feb 7 Public hearing and executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.

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