Member Information Directory

To access sponsor reports for each member of
the Legislature and rosters for the House and
Senate, make the choice for Member (Gopher)
or Member Reports and Rosters (Web).

The Public Access System has rosters for both
houses that list the member's Olympia phone
number, party, district number, and Olympia
office.  There are also lists of members'
committee assignments, in member and
committee order.  Both houses also provides
lists of those members with Internet e-mail
addresses.

Under FTP the Member directory contains
a Sponsor subdirectory under which
there are 3 subdirectories:  House, Senate,
and Sponsor.  Under the House and Senate 
subdirectories are member rosters for each
chamber, committee rosters by member and
committee, and a list of members who have
Internet addresses.  

The following instructions explain how to
retrieve a roster report using FTP.

     cd/pub/member/senate
     get senate_committees_by_committee
     get senate_committees_by_member
     get senate_members_and_leg_asst
     get senate_internet_addresses

     cd/pub/member/house
     get house_committees_by_committee
     get house_committees_by_member
     get house_internet_addresses

Under the Sponsor subdirectory are three more
subdirectories -- for the House, Senate, and
Requesters.  The House and Senate
subdirectories contain the sponsor reports
for each member of the selected chamber.  In
the Requester subdirectory are current
sponsor reports for the various groups that
have requested legislation.  On the
Web, the five choices are all up on the
Member Reports and Rosters menu.

Each member's report is arranged in bill
number order.  For each bill, the report
lists the description and the current
status and date the bill entered that status
as of the time the report was generated.  If
the member is the primary sponsor for the
bill, an "@" appears before the description.

The following instructions explain how to
retrieve a sponsor report using FTP.

     (note: two underscores before initial)

     cd pub/member/sponsor/house
     get alexander_sponsor 
     get fisher__g_sponsor

     cd pub/member/sponsor/senate
     get smith__a_sponsor 
     get wojahn_sponsor

     cd pub/member/sponsor/requester
     get lbc_sponsor
     get gov_sponsor

You may also use the Web
(http://www.leg.wa.gov) to get
sponsor information. Make the choice
for Legislative Info, then Member
Reports and Rosters.

The House and Senate provide additional
member information via their home pages.  At
the LEGInfo home page, click the button for
House or Senate Home Page; on the subsequent 
page, click the button for Members. The page 
provides statewide, area, and district maps
to help you identify the district you live
in.  Each member has a home page, which
includes a link to the district map, the
member's biography, and, if available, 
a link to the member's e-mail.