Library Legislation Tracker – April 14, 2009

April 14, 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 4-14-09
BILL	TITLE	SPONSOR	STATUS	DATE	LATEST CMTE MTG INFO	COMPANION BILLS
SHB 1011	ID device use	Morris	Del to Gov	4/7/09	Mar 25 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Housing & Insurance at 3:30 PM.
ESHB 1018	Special election dates	Appleton	S Passed 3rd	4/7/09	Mar 26 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 3:30 PM.	SB 5016(SRules X)
HB 1196	Small works roster projects	Haigh	Del to Gov	4/8/09	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	Del to Gov	4/8/09	Mar 26 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 3:30 PM.	SB 5397(SRules X)
HB 1216	Capital budget 2009-2011	Dunshee	H Rules R	4/6/09	Apr 3 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 8:00 AM.	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 Rules R	4/10/09	Apr 7 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 8:00 AM.	SB 5600(SWays & Means)
SHB 1291	Library district annexations	Maxwell	Gov signed	4/9/09	Mar 16 Executive action taken and public hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 10:00
HB 1468	Rural library district brds	Sullivan	S Rules 2	3/25/09	Mar 24 Public hearing and executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 1:30 PM.	SB 5696(SRules X)
HB 1548	Military service credit	Bailey	S Pres Signed	4/13/09	Apr 6 Public hearing and executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.	SB 5313(SWays & Means)
ESHB 1553	Damages claims against govt	Takko	S 2nd Reading	4/13/09	Mar 26 Public hearing and executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 3:30 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.
SHB 1733	Current use valuation progs	Goodman	S Passed 3rd	4/13/09	Mar 23 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.
HB 1830	Business definitions	Santos	S Rules 2G	4/6/09	Mar 26 Public hearing and executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 3:30 PM.
ESHB 1847	Bid limits	Haigh	S 2nd Reading	4/9/09	Mar 24 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 1:30 PM.
SHB 2075	Excise taxation	Hunter	H Passed 3rd	4/13/09	Mar 2 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
HB 2334	Jobs creation/construction	Dunshee	H Cap Budget	4/6/09	Apr 14 Executive session in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 8:00 AM.

SB 5222	Capital budget 2009-2011	Fraser	S Ways & Means	1/16/09	Apr 1 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means	HB 1216(HRules R)
SSB 5295	Publ records exemptions comm	Kline	H Rules R	3/27/09	Mar 26 Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM.
SB 5315	Survivor annuity option	Schoesler	Del to Gov	4/10/09	Mar 25 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.	HB 1550(HRules R)
SB 5355	Rural cty library districts	Haugen	H Passed 3rd	4/7/09	Mar 26 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government & Housing at 10:00 AM.
SSB 5368	Annual property valuation	Prentice	H Passed 3rd	4/8/09	Mar 26 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
SB 5407	Operating sup budget 2009	Tom	S Ways & Means	1/21/09	Apr 15 Scheduled for executive session in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 5:00 PM. (Subject to change)	HB 1243(HWays & Means)
SB 5600	Operating budget 2009-2011	Prentice	S Ways & Means	1/27/09	Apr 15 Scheduled for executive session in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 5:00 PM. (Subject to change)	HB 1244(HRules R)
SB 6157	Publ retirement compensation	Prentice	S Ways & Means	4/13/09
SB 6161	Pension systems funding T.O	Prentice	S Ways & Means	4/14/09

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