Saturday, March 12, 2016

GOAL Post 2016-10



 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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Upcoming WAC gun show(s):
Puyallup              19-20 March
Monroe                  2-3 April

For more information about WAC, see:  https://washingtonarmscollectors.org/

"The right of the individual citizen to bear arms in defense of himself, or the state, shall not be impaired, but nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing individuals or corporations to organize, maintain or employ an armed body of men."
Constitution of the State of Washington

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