Brief Description: Simplifying session law publication.

Sponsors: Senators Rockefeller and Johnson; by request of Statute Law Committee.

Senate Committee on Judiciary
House Committee on Judiciary

Background: The Statute Law Committee publishes session laws after each legislative session. The session laws contain all of the bills passed for the most recent session. The committee must meet specific requirements as to the number of copies published, and must publish both temporary and permanent versions of the laws.

Summary: The specific number of copies of session laws the committee must publish is removed; the committee must publish only as many copies of the session laws as necessary. The list of entities entitled to receive copies of the session laws is updated, and certain specified entities may request sets of session laws for their official business. Surplus copies of the session laws will be sold and the money received paid into the State Treasury for the general fund. The committee is not required to publish a temporary set of session laws.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate      47   0
House      98   0

Effective:   June 7, 2006