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.

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

 

	Library Tracker 1-15-2016  FRI
Bill	Title	Sponsor	Status	Date	Hrg Date	Latest Cmte Mtg Info	Companion
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	Jun 23 Executive action taken in the House  Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.	SB 5077(Ssubst for)
2SHB 1107	Cultural & heritage programs	Springer	H Finance	1/11/2016	2/25/2015	Feb 25 Executive action taken in the House  Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.	SB 5463(Ssubst for)
HB 1133	Public utility tax, counties	Tharinger	H Local Govt	1/14/2015	1/22/2015	Jan 22 Public hearing in the House  Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
ESHB 1740	Health coverage through PEBB	Appleton	H Approps	1/11/2016	4/7/2015	Apr 7 Public hearing in the Senate  Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.	SB 5731(SHealth Care)
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.
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
HB 2290	Public record request limits	MacEwen	H State Governme	1/11/2016
HB 2296	Pub. facilities district tax	Rossetti	H Finance	1/11/2016	1/15/2016	Jan 15 Public hearing in the House  Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
HB 2298	Domestic partnerships/PERS	Moeller	H Approps	1/11/2016	1/20/2016	Jan 20 Scheduled for public hearing in the House  Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM. (Subject to change)
HB 2333	PERS plan choice	Reykdal	H Approps	1/11/2016
HB 2353	OPMA civil penalties	Hunt, S.	H State Governme	1/11/2016	1/12/2016	Jan 12 Public hearing in the House  Committee on State Government at 10:00 AM.
HB 2375	Cybercrime	Magendanz	H Public Safety	1/12/2016	1/20/2016	Jan 20 Scheduled for public hearing in the House  Committee on Public Safety at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)	SB 6197(SLaw & Justice)
HB 2380	Supplemental capital budget	Tharinger	H Cap Budget	1/12/2016	1/15/2016	Jan 15 Public hearing in the House  Committee on Capital Budget at 8:00 AM.	SB 6201(SWays & Means)
HB 2426	Rural library trustee appt.	Fitzgibbon	H Local Govt	1/13/2016			SB 6313(SGovtOp&Sec)
HB 2427	Local gov. modernization	Springer	H Local Govt	1/13/2016	1/19/2016	Jan 19 Scheduled for public hearing in the House  Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change)
HB 2460	Firearms/public places	Walkinshaw	H Judiciary	1/13/2016	1/21/2016	Jan 21 Scheduled for public hearing in the House  Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)	SB 6351()
HB 2483	Child sex exploit./subpoenas	Sawyer	H Judiciary	1/13/2016
HB 2488	Academic bill of rights	Manweller	H Hi Ed	1/14/2016
HB 2511	Child care center licensing	Pike	H Erly Lrn/H Svc	1/14/2016
HB 2532	Access to library services	Kilduff	H Local Govt	1/14/2016	1/19/2016	Jan 19 Scheduled for public hearing in the House  Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change)
HB 2543	Civil service qualifications	Stokesbary	H Labor & Workpl	1/14/2016			SB 6319(SCommerce and L)
HB 2557	Unused shared leave return	Hunt, S.	H State Governme	1/14/2016
HB 2576	Local agency public records	McBride	H Local Govt	1/15/2016
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(SEL/K-12)
HB 2597	School sexual abuse plans	Orwall	H Education	1/15/2016
2015 Senate
2016 Bills
SB 6171	OPMA civil penalties	Roach	S GovtOp&Sec	1/11/2016	1/14/2016	Jan 14 Public hearing in the Senate  Committee on Government Operations & Security at 10:00 AM.	HB 2353(HState Governme)
SB 6197	Cybercrime	Miloscia	S Law & Justice	1/12/2016	1/18/2016	Jan 18 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate  Committee on Law & Justice at 2:30 PM. (Subject to change)	HB 2375(HPublic Safety)
SB 6201	Supplemental capital budget	Honeyford	S Ways & Means	1/12/2016	1/14/2016	Jan 14 Public hearing in the Senate  Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.	HB 2380(HCap Budget)
SB 6211	Nonprofit homeownership dev.	Dammeier	S HumSer/MenHlth	1/13/2016	1/14/2016	Jan 18 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate  Committee on Human Services and Mental Health & Housing at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change)
SB 6233	Student freedom of express.	Fain	S EL/K-12	1/13/2016	1/21/2016	Jan 21 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate  Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change)
SB 6246	Operating sup budget 2016	Hill	S Ways & Means	1/13/2016			HB 2376(HApprops)
SB 6273	Schools/safe technology use	Liias	S EL/K-12	1/13/2016	1/18/2016	Jan 18 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate  Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)	HB 2595(HEducation)
SB 6313	Rural library trustee appt.	Fain	S GovtOp&Sec	1/14/2016			HB 2426(HLocal Govt)
SB 6315	Local gov. modernization	Roach	S GovtOp&Sec	1/14/2016
SB 6319	Civil service qualifications	Jayapal	S Commerce and L	1/14/2016			HB 2543(HLabor & Workpl)
SJR 8203	Prop tx valuation base years	Sheldon	S Ways & Means	1/23/2015

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