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.

This posting reflects the status of bills at the end of the regular legislative session. Note that only four of these bills have been passed by the legislature and delivered to the governor for her consideration and signing into law.

The First Special Session of 2012 is scheduled to begin Monday, March 12, 2012.

	Friday 3-9-2012 Sine Die
Bill	Title	Sponsor	Status	Date	Latest Cmte Mtg Info	Companion Bills
ESHB 2127	Operating sup budget 2011-13	Hunter	S Ways & Means	3/2/2012	Feb 25 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.	ESB 5967(SRules 3)
SHB 2177	Child sexual exploitation	Ladenburg	Del to Gov	3/8/2012	Feb 23 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 5:30 PM.
HB 2441	Retirement/excess comp.	Bailey	S Rules 2	3/9/2012	Feb 21 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.
EHB 2602	Junior taxing districts	Eddy	S GovtOp & Elect	2/11/2012	Feb 21 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 1:30 PM.
SHB 2608	Early learning guidelines	Kagi	S Rules 2	2/17/2012	Feb 16 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.	SB 6293(SEL/K-12)
HB 2801	Local govt fiscal matters	Hunt	H Ways & Means	2/27/2012	Mar 1 Public hearing in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
HB 2813	Local effort assistance	Hunter	H Ways & Means	2/27/2012	Mar 1 Public hearing in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
2SSB 5355	Special agency meetings	Morton	Del to Gov	3/9/2012	Feb 20 Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM.
2SSB 5553	Public agency web site info	Roach	H SGTribalAff	2/15/2012	Jan 24 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations and Tribal Relations & Elections at 1:30 PM.
ESB 5967	Operating sup budget 2011-13	Murray	S Rules 3	3/9/2012	Feb 28 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 5:30 PM.	HB 2127(Hsubst for)
SB 6109	Closed exec. sess. meetings	Pridemore	H SGTribalAff	2/14/2012	Feb 20 Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM.	HB 2406(HSGTribalAff)
ESB 6141	Lifelong learning program	Kilmer	C 33 L 12	3/7/2012	Feb 21 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development at 10:00 AM.	HB 2580(HRules R)
ESB 6257	Sexually explicit act	Roach	Del to Gov	3/8/2012	Feb 21 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness at 10:00 AM.
SSB 6277	Multiple-unit dwellings	Conway	Del to Gov	3/9/2012	Mar 7 Public hearing in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.	HB 2489(HWays & Means)
ESB 6378	State retirement plans	Zarelli	H Ways & Means	3/5/2012	Feb 2 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.
ESB 6589	Direct patient-provider care	Kastama	H Ways & Means	2/16/2012	Feb 20 Public hearing in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.

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