Library Legislation Tracker - March 20, 2009

March 20, 2009

the law, courtesy of flickr.com user -- F.S.M.

Courtesy Legislative Planning Committee, Washington Library Association State Bills of Interest.

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.

Click below to view the tracker.

	LIB 3-20-09
BILL	TITLE	SPONSOR	STATUS	DATE	LATEST CMTE MTG INFO	COMPANION BILLS
SHB 1011	ID device use	Morris	S FI/Hous/Ins	3/5/09	Mar 18 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Housing & Insurance at 3:30 PM.
ESHB 1018	Special election dates	Appleton	S GovtOp & Elect	3/5/09	Mar 16 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 10:00 AM.	SB 5016(S2nd Reading)
HB 1196	Small works roster projects	Haigh	S Rules 2	3/18/09	Mar 17 Public hearing and executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 1:30 PM.
HB 1197	Alternative public works	Haigh	S GovtOp & Elect	3/12/09	Feb 19 Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 3:30 PM.	SB 5397(SRules 2)
HB 1216	Capital budget 2009-2011	Dunshee	H Cap Budget	1/15/09		SB 5222(SWays & Means)
HB 1243	Operating sup budget 2009	Linville	H Ways & Means	1/15/09		SB 5407(SWays & Means)
HB 1244	Operating budget 2009-2011	Linville	H Ways & Means	1/15/09		SB 5600(SWays & Means)
SHB 1291	Library district annexations	Maxwell	S Rules 2	3/17/09	Mar 16 Executive action taken and public hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 10:00 AM.
HB 1374	Local govt archives account	Dunshee	S Ways & Means	3/12/09	Feb 27 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
HB 1468	Rural library district brds	Sullivan	S GovtOp & Elect	3/7/09	Mar 24 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 1:30 PM.	SB 5696(SRules 2G)
HB 1541	Half-time edu employment	Seaquist	S Ways & Means	3/5/09	Feb 10 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.	SB 5302(SWays & Means)
HB 1548	Military service credit	Bailey	S Ways & Means	2/25/09	Feb 10 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.	SB 5313(SWays & Means)
ESHB 1553	Damages claims against govt	Takko	S GovtOp & Elect	3/7/09	Mar 26 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 3:30 PM.
HB 1690	Public works contracting	Hasegawa	S GovtOp & Elect	3/7/09	Mar 24 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 1:30 PM.
ESHB 1694	Fiscal matters 2007-2009	Linville	C 4 L 09	2/18/09	Feb 12 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
HB 1722	PERS default provisions	Crouse	S Ways & Means	3/13/09	Feb 18 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.	SB 5307(SWays & Means)
SHB 1733	Current use valuation progs	Goodman	S Ways & Means	3/10/09	Mar 23 Scheduled for executive session in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.
HB 1830	Business definitions	Santos	S GovtOp & Elect	3/10/09	Mar 26 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 3:30 PM.
ESHB 1847	Bid limits	Haigh	S GovtOp & Elect	3/6/09	Mar 23 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 10:00 AM.
SHB 2075	Excise taxation	Hunter	H 2nd Reading	3/9/09	Mar 2 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance
ESHB 2245	PEBB eligibility	Cody	S Ways & Means	3/13/09	Mar 2 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.	SB 5869(SWays & Means)

SSB 5179	Property revaluation	Haugen	H Finance	3/13/09	Mar 20 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
SB 5222	Capital budget 2009-2011	Fraser	S Ways & Means	1/16/09		HB 1216(HCap Budget)
SSB 5295	Publ records exemptions comm	Kline	H SGTribalAff	3/10/09	Mar 17 Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM.
SB 5315	Survivor annuity option	Schoesler	H Ways & Means	3/6/09	Feb 18 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.	HB 1550(HRules R)
SB 5355	Rural cty library districts	Haugen	H LG & Housing	3/10/09	Mar 16 Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government & Housing at 1:30 PM.
SSB 5368	Annual property valuation	Prentice	H Finance	3/9/09	Mar 17 Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
SB 5407	Operating sup budget 2009	Tom	S Ways & Means	1/21/09		HB 1243(HWays & Means)
SB 5600	Operating budget 2009-2011	Prentice	S Ways & Means	1/27/09		HB 1244(HWays & Means)

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