[NFBWATLK] FW: Bipartisan Senate and House bills introduced to protect public history

[Judy Jones]

Thank you for passing these on, Betty.

I would LOVE to know what the Library Of Congress did with all those
cassette books, as well as the old records we used to get as talking books.
There are some I would like to have for posterity.

Judy


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From: NFBWATLK [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Betty
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Sent: Friday, February 15, 2019 8:41 PM
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Hi everyone, As your rep to the Braille and Talking Book Library Advisory
Committee I thought many of you would find this material of interest even
though it is not specific to the Talking Book program,The state committee
that the library is a part of covers these items and the committee  would
like to request that everyone read and request that your state legislators
cosponsor or at least vote for these two  important programs. Thank you very
much. Betty Fitzpatrick 

 

 

From: Miller, Danielle [mailto:danielle.miller at sos.wa.gov]
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2019 3:30 PM
To: Annee Hartzell; Betty Watson; Chris Coulter; Dierdre Maxwell; Frank
Cuta; Gary Mackenstadt (cane.travel at gmail.com); Heather Mears; John
Buckmaster; Jonathan Blake; Laura Nunez; Les Fitzpatrick; Maida Pojtinger
(pojtinger at comcast.net); Reginald George; Sharon Cordova; Stephanie Lucash
Subject: Bipartisan Senate and House bills introduced to protect public
history

 

Hello, PAC - 

 

I wanted to share with you a news release that mentions the two bills that
Cindy Aden, State Librarian, mentioned during our PAC meeting that are
related to the goal of creating a new Library-Archives building. 

 

Thank you!

 

Danielle

 

Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2019 3:44 PM
Subject: Bipartisan Senate and House bills introduced to protect public
history

 


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News Release


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Feb. 14, 2019

 

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Bipartisan Senate and House bills introduced to protect public history

 

OLYMPIA - A bipartisan coalition of Washington state lawmakers have
introduced a pair of bills in the Washington State Legislature that would
authorize construction of a new combined Library-Archives building to
replace what the legislation calls "obsolete and crowded facilities"
currently in use.

 

Companion bills Senate Bill 5902
<https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=5902&Year=2019&Initiative=Fal
se> , sponsored by Senators Sam Hunt (D-Olympia), Hans Zeiger 
se> (R-Puyallup),
Dean Takko (D-Longview), and Jim Honeyford (R-Sunnyside), and House Bill
2015
<https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=2015&Year=2019&Initiative=Fal
se> , sponsored by Representatives Beth Doglio (D-Olympia), Richard 
se> DeBolt
(R-Chehalis), Laurie Dolan (D-Olympia), Jim Walsh (R-Aberdeen), Brian Blake
(D-Aberdeen), and Larry Springer (D-Kirkland), were filed at the request of
Secretary of State Kim Wyman. 

 

Secretary Wyman has said
<https://www.sos.wa.gov/office/news-releases.aspx#/news/1338>  her top
priority for the 2019 legislative session is a solution for the
deteriorating and outdated facilities that jeopardizes irreplaceable state
records. 

 

"The vulnerability to fires and recurrent flooding in our State Archives and
the lack of capacity in our State Library place Washingtonians' records and
history at risk of catastrophic destruction and unjustly limit public
access," Secretary Wyman said. "I applaud the bipartisan group of lawmakers
for their vision to move forward with a permanent solution to this
persistent threat." 

 

Both bills received their first readings Tuesday, Feb. 12. SB 5902 was
referred to the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations, and
Elections <http://leg.wa.gov/Senate/Committees/SGTE/Pages/default.aspx> ,
and HB 2015 is scheduled for a public hearing in the House Capital Budget
committee <http://leg.wa.gov/House/Committees/CB/Pages/default.aspx>  next
Thursday, Feb. 21, at 1:30 p.m. 

 

Washington's Office of Secretary of State oversees a number of areas within
state government, including managing state elections
<https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/> , registering corporations
<https://www.sos.wa.gov/corps/>  and charities
<https://www.sos.wa.gov/charities/> , and governing the use of the state
flag and state seal. The office also manages the State Archives
<https://www.sos.wa.gov/archives/>  and the State Library
<https://www.sos.wa.gov/library/> , documents extraordinary stories in
Washington's history through Legacy Washington
<https://www.sos.wa.gov/legacy/> , oversees the Combined Fund Drive
<https://www.cfd.wa.gov/>  for charitable giving by state employees, and
administers the state's Address Confidentiality Program
<https://www.sos.wa.gov/acp/>  to help protect survivors of crime.

 

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Contact:

Erich R. Ebel, Communications Director
erich.ebel at sos.wa.gov 

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