HB 1179 - allowing legislators and state employees to hold informational and educational meetings at worksite - signed into law

With the governor as she signed HB 1179 into law (from left): Brandon Anderson, WFSE; Jeremy Taylor-Sparks, Local 443, Health Care Authority; Rep. Sam Hunt, 22nd Dist., the bill's sponsor; Barb Hangartner, WFSE; and WFSE/AFSCME Lobbyist Matt Zuvich.

• House Bill 1179 allowing legislators and state employees to hold informational and educational meetings at the worksite was signed into law Thursday by Gov. Chris Gregoire. On hand was Local 443 member Jeremy Taylor-Sparks and bill sponsor Rep. Sam Hunt of the 22nd District, whom Sparks and his Health Care Authority members had invited to such a meeting but were told Hunt would be escorted off the premises as a violation of state ethics laws.