So I got home form work and Mrs. Drang was watching some show I would either go Full Elvis on the TV, or laugh so hard she wouldn't be able to enjoy her self, so I remembered that it's Friday night (okay, Saturday morning) and there should be an email from Joe Waldron to edit and post...
As usual, I have made some stylistic edits to meet the norm of the blog, but no changes to content beyond adding links to individual bills still "in play" to the table of bills (after the break).
Rumor has it that some Initiatives To The Voters are coming up to impose the left's favored statist anti-gun, anti-freedom standards on the people of the Evergreen State.
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FROM: GOAL WA <goalwa@cox.net>
TO: undisclosed-recipients
SENT: Fri 2/19/2016
2:24 PM
SUBJECT: GOAL Post
2016-7
Legislative
Update from Olympia 19 February 2016
- CHAMBER CUT-OFF PASSES
- BILLS MOVE, BILLS DIE
- THREE WEEKS LEFT IN SESSION
- SECOND POLICY COMMITTEE CUT-OFF NEXT FRIDAY
- PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED
Bills that had not
passed out of their original chamber (House bills out of the House, Senate
bills out of the Senate) died Wednesday evening. Now the focus flips: Senate bills in the
House, House bills in the Senate.
Only six
firearm-related bills remain in play during the 2016 session. SB 6165, by Sen. Takko (D-19) passed the
Senate and is now in House Judiciary. SB
6267, by Sen. Schoesler (R-9) passed the Senate and is now in House
Judiciary. HB 1713, by Rep. Cody (D-34)
passed the House and is now in Senate Human Services, Mental Health and
Housing. SHB 2410, by Rep. Hayes (R-10)
passed the House and is now in Senate Law & Justice. HB 2793, by Rep. Orwall (D-33) passed the
House and is now in Senate Human Services, Mental Health and Housing. Finally, HB 2908, by Rep. Ryu (D-32) passed
the House and is now in Senate Law & Justice.
Three weeks remain in
the 2016 regular legislative session.
The train is speeding up. Next
Friday, 26 February, is the second chamber policy committee cut-off. Again, bills that do not pass out of their
policy committee by that date are dead for the session.
A public hearing
will be conducted on HB 1713 In Senate Human Services, Mental Health and
Housing committee on Monday, 22 February at 10:00 a.m.
A hearing will be
conducted on HB 2908 in Senate Law & Justice at 8:00 a.m. on the 23rd.
A public hearing on
SB 6267 is scheduled in House Judiciary at 10:00 a.m., 23 February.
A public hearing
will be held on HB 2793 in Senate Human Services on 25 February at 10:00 a.m.
At this time no
other bills are scheduled for public hearing, but that is subject to change.
BILL STATUS:
|
Bill #
|
Subject
|
Prime sponsor
|
Status
|
GOAL position on bill
|
|
Mental health/guns
|
Cody (D-34)
|
Passed House, to
S. HumSer
|
NEUTRAL
|
|
|
Felon gun registry
|
Hayes (R-10)
|
Passed House, to
S. L&J
|
SUPPORT
|
|
|
Suicide awareness and
prevention
|
Orwall (D-33)
|
Passed House, to S. HumSer
|
SUPPORT
|
|
|
Use of force by peace
officers
|
Ryu (D-32)
|
Passed House,
to S. L&J
|
OPPOSE
|
|
|
HB 2913
|
License suspension/child
support
|
Gregerson (D-33)
|
Died H. Rules
|
OPPOSE
|
|
SSB 5036
|
Penalizes criminal misuse of
body armor
|
O'Ban (R-28)
|
Died S. Rules
|
NEUTRAL
|
|
SB 5500
|
Allows retired LEOs to carry
on school grounds
|
Roach (R-31)
|
Died S. Rules
|
SUPPORT
|
|
SB 5539
|
Exempts LEO’s from three day
waiting period
|
Roach (R-31)
|
Died S. Rules
|
SUPPORT
|
|
SSB 5579
|
Exempts licensed scty guards
from b/g checks
|
Dammeier (R-25)
|
Died S. Rules
|
SUPPORT
|
|
SB 5615
|
Exempts military members
from b/g checks
|
Benton (R-17)
|
Died S. Rules
|
SUPPORT
|
|
SB 5658
|
Reporting of mental health
commitment
|
Dansel (R-7)
|
Died S. Rules
|
NEUTRAL
|
|
SB 5831
|
Restoration of firearm
rights
|
Honeyford (R-15)
|
Died S. Rules
|
SUPPORT
|
|
SB 6015
|
NRA license plate
|
Roach (R-31)
|
Died S. Rules
|
SUPPORT
|
|
SB 6158
|
Firearm transfers at
non-profit events
|
Dammeier (R-25)
|
Died S. Rules
|
SUPPORT
|
|
Clarifies possession of
short barreled rifles
|
Takko (D-19)
|
Passed Senate,
to H. Jud
|
SUPPORT
|
|
|
CPL renewal notice
|
Schoesler (R-9)
|
Passed Senate,
to H. Jud
|
SUPPORT
|
Key to
abbreviations: S. = Senate, H. = House,
Jud = Judiciary, L&J = Law & Justice, HumSer = Human Services, Mental
Health and Housing
HEARINGS SCHEDULED:
|
22 Feb
|
Senate HumSer
|
Senate Hearing Room “1”
|
John A. Cherberg Bldg
|
10:00 a.m.
|
HB 1713
|
|
23 Feb
|
Senate Law & Just
|
Senate Hearing Room “1”
|
John A. Cherberg Bldg
|
8:00 a.m.
|
HB 2908
|
|
23 Feb
|
House Judiciary
|
House Hearing Room “A”
|
John L. O’Brien Bldg
|
10:00 a.m.
|
SB 6267
|
|
25 Feb
|
Senate HumSer
|
Senate Hearing Room “1”
|
John A. Cherberg Bldg
|
10:00 a.m.
|
HB 2793
|
Tutorial on public
testimony: http://leg.wa.gov/legislature/Pages/Testify.aspx
LEGISLATIVE HOT
LINE: You may reach your Representatives
and Senator by calling the Legislative Hotline at 1-800-562-6000. Toll free!!!
The hearing impaired may obtain TDD access at 1-800-635-9993. Also toll free!!!
1-800-562-6000 TDD 1-800-635-9993
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