1. Washington State Legislative Research (Current) Legislative Advocacy Clinic Mary Whisner, Gallagher Law Library Oct. 2011

2. Legislature’s Website Home: http://www.leg.wa.gov/pages/home.aspx http://www.leg.wa.gov/pages/home.aspx – Rosters – Links to legislators’ home pages – Link to TVW Oct. 2011

3. A Bill’s Life Introduced (House or Senate)– first reading Referred to committee Committee holds hearings Committee recommends action Referred to Rules Committee Oct. 2011

4. Second reading – debate on merits Third reading – roll call vote on final passage Sent to second house (repeat all the steps above) To governor (approve, veto, partial veto) More Oct. 2011

5. Documents Sequential versions of the bill Hearings Committee reports Debate on House and Senate floor Oct. 2011

6. Bill Information Let’s explore: http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/ Note: – Bill information (example: 1793) – index (Bills by Topic) – archive (Detailed Legislative Reports link) – bill tracking Oct. 2011

7. Journals House and Senate Journals (floor action)Journals Oct. 2011

8. Senate Journal Oct. 2011

9. Polygon Northwest Co., 143 Wash.App. 753 (2008) Our costs statute, RCW 4.84.010, * * * does not include an award of reasonable attorney fees. * * * Indeed, the legislative history of that statute indicates that reasonable attorney fees were specifically omitted. See SENATE JOURNAL * * * (“* * * They would not get reasonable attorneys' fees.”).RCW 4.84.010 Oct. 2011

10. Committee hearings on TVWTVW Oct. 2011

12. News Sources Washington State News Sources Online Oct. 2011

13. More Guides Washington State Legislative History The Legislative Process Research Sources for Juvenile Justice Legal Research Sources for the Innocence Project Northwest Clinic Legal Research Sources for the Innocence Project Northwest Clinic Oct. 2011

14. Questions? Oct. 2011

15. Gallagher Law Library University of Washington School of Law Box 353025 Seattle WA 98195-3025 http://lib.law.washington.edu We are happy to have our guides and presentations used by other libraries, librarians, and legal researchers. Before copying or adapting one of our works, please contact Cheryl Nyberg (cnyberg at uw.edu) to obtain permission. Then give appropriate attribution, such as: "Adapted from a guide by Mary Whisner on the Gallagher Law Library website." Oct. 2011