This update on the fate of the Sunshine Committee comes from Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center:
"The Sunshine Committee survived the Senate. Yesterday the Senate approved its elimination of boards – the Sunshine Committee wasn’t one of them. http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6426&year=2009
The House version of the bill however (2617) still eliminates the Sunshine Committee. http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2617&year=2009"