Oh, look! Shenanigans in Olympia! Our whacky Democrat governor is being a petulant child! Who'd'a thunk it?!
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FROM: GOAL WA
TO: undisclosed-recipients:
SENT: Fri 3/11/2016
6:02 PM
SUBJECT: GOAL Post 2016-10
Legislative Update
from Olympia 11 March 2016
- SESSION ENDS… SORT OF
- FOUR GUN BILLS PASS
- SPECIAL SESSION CALLED IMMEDIATELY
- GOVERNOR ARBITRARILY VETOES BILLS
- GOAL POST WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SPECIAL SESSION
Per the state
constitution, the legislative session in the second year of the biennium (two
year cycle) is limited to 60 days.
Yesterday was Day 60, however…
The legislature failed to agree on a supplemental budget, so Governor
Inslee called an immediate special session.
They’re still in Olympia!
In the end, only
four gun bills passed the legislature, out of 69 filed over the biennium. The four now sit on the governor’s desk
awaiting his action: sign into law,
veto, or take no action and allow to become law without his signature.
The four are HBs
2410, 2793 and 2908, and 6165. 2410 and
2908 are more “cop” bills, but with potential to spill over onto law-abiding
gun owners, especially 2908. The “task
force” formed by HB 2908 to review law enforcement use of force may recommend
tightening existing law. While the
legislature acknowledges that citizens’ authority for legal use of force is
broader than that given to law enforcement officers, if they tighten one end,
they may go after all. Washington has
among the most liberal (in the true, “liberal” sense) use of force laws in the
country. Let’s keep it that way.
The House and Senate
failed to agree on a supplemental operating budget. Once again, the Republican Senate passed a
balanced budget, but the Democrat House wants more programs, and more of YOUR
money to run them. This is the sixth
year out of seven when a special session had to be called to finish the work.
On Tuesday, Governor
Inslee threatened to veto bills sent to him until/unless the legislature
reached agreement on a supplemental budget.
Thursday night, he carried through with the threat, vetoing 37 bills in
what one Senator called a “temper tantrum.”
Maybe if the governor would discipline his party, we wouldn’t need
special sessions. Jay Inslee is the one
who promised “no new taxes” when he was running for governor.
(Wasn’t Texas
Governor Rick Perry slapped with a felony indictment for threatening the
something similar two years ago?
Politically-motivated vetoes? The
indictment was eventually dismissed, but not before it put a damper on Perry’s
presidential aspirations.)
In any event, GOAL
Post will continue to be published through the special session.
BILL STATUS:
Bill #
|
Subject
|
Prime sponsor
|
Status
|
GOAL position on bill
|
3SHB 1713
|
Mental health/guns
|
Cody (D-34)
|
Died S. Rules
|
NEUTRAL
|
SHB 2410
|
Felon gun registry
|
Hayes (R-10)
|
To governor
|
SUPPORT
|
2SHB 2793
|
Suicide awareness and
prevention
|
Orwall (D-33)
|
To governor
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 2908
|
Use of force by peace
officers
|
Ryu (D-32)
|
To governor
|
NEUTRAL
|
SB 6165
|
Clarifies possession of
short barreled rifles
|
Takko (D-19)
|
To governor
|
SUPPORT
|
SB 6267
|
CPL renewal notice
|
Schoesler (R-9)
|
Died House Rules
|
SUPPORT
|
Key to
abbreviations: S. = Senate, H. = House,
Jud = Judiciary, L&J = Law & Justice, W&M = Ways & Means
HEARINGS SCHEDULED:
None
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
OTHER DATA: Copies of pending legislation (bills),
legislative schedules and other information are available on the legislature's
web site at "www.leg.wa.gov". Bills are available in Acrobat (.pdf)
format. You may download a free version
of Adobe Acrobat Reader from Adobe's web site (http://www.adobe.com). You may also obtain hard copy bills,
initiatives, etc, in the mail from the Legislative Bill Room FREE OF CHARGE by
calling 1-360-786-7573. Copies of bills
may also be ordered toll free by calling the Legislative Hotline at (800)
562-6000. You may also hear floor and
committee hearing action live at http://www.tvw.org/
(you need "RealAudio" to do this, available free at the TVW web site).
By reading the House
and Senate "bill reports" (hbr, sbr) for each bill, you can see how
individual committee members voted. By
reading the "roll call" for each bill, you can see how the entire
House or Senate voted on any bill. The
beauty of the web site is that ALL this information is available, on line, to
any citizen.
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