GOAL Post 2017-8

Day late again, this time because I didn't feel like trying to edit and post while getting ready to go to work.

I made the mistake earlier this week of going to the state legislature's web site and looking at the list of bills; Joe is correct, these are a drop in the bucket. 

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FROM: GOAL WA <goalwa@cox.net> (Joe Waldron)

TO: undisclosed recipients

SENT: Fri 2/24/2017 5:57 PM

SUBJECT: GOAL Post2017-8

Legislative Update from Olympia, 24 February 2017

• TIME TO TRIM THE LIST
• FISCAL COMMITTEE CUT-OFF PASSES
• CHAMBER CUT-OFF NEXT UP
• GUN BILLS PASS OUT OF SENATE
• IT’S ALL ON THE FLOOR FOR NOW

In a week or two I’m going to trim the list of bills under consideration, deleting those that did not survive the committee or chamber. That will give us a more manageable list to follow. At the end of the session I’ll publish a session recap with the complete bill list.

The fiscal committee cut-off is tonight. All bills that needed fiscal approval and did not get it died. At this time it appears that HB 1270 and SB 5073 likely died in their respective fiscal committees. I’ll correct any changes next week. HBs 1501 and 1612 passed out to House Rules. At this point there are nine bills still left alive out of 34 originally filed.

The next major cut-off is in twelve days, March 8^th, when all bills must pass out of their original chamber (House or Senate). We’ll likely see a handful of the remaining bills die at that point.

Two gun bills have successfully passed out of the Senate, to be taken up by the House after the 8 March chamber cut-off date.SB 2268 (CPL renewal notice) and SB5552 (expanded exceptions to I-594) both cleared the Senate on a 49-0 vote. Neither was controversial!

For the next ten days, all of the action will be on the chamber floors as bills are called up, debated, possibly amended, and then an up or down vote. Floor sessions are televised on TVWashington for the masochists on the GOAL list. And there should be a link on the legislative web site (leg.wa.gov).

(To give you an idea of the magnitude of a legislative session, more than 2,300 bills have been filed so far in this session. As stated before, many are filed, few receive action.)

(BILL Information after the break)

BILL #	Title/Subject	Sponsor	Status	GOAL Position:
HB 1000	Use of deadly force	Doglio (D-22)	DIED	OPPOSE
HB 1004	Possession of firearms/state of emergency	Shea (R-4)	DIED	SUPPORT
HB 1015	Limiting restrictions on concealed carry	Shea (R-4)	DIED	SUPPORT
SHB 1100	CPL renewal notice	Blake (D-19)	H. Rules	SUPPORT
SHB 1122	Safe storage of firearms	Kagi (D-32)	H. Rules	OPPOSE
HB 1134	Assault weapon ban	Peterson (D-21)	DIED	OPPOSE
HB 1181	Prohibiting handgun sales registry	Blake (D-19)	DIED.	SUPPORT
HB 1174	Firearm safety education in schools	Muri (R-28)	DIED	SUPPORT
HB 1190	Prohibiting handgun sales registry	Taylor (R-15)	DIED	SUPPORT
HB 1270	Encouraging voluntary use of locking devices	Harmsworth (R-44)	DIED	SUPPORT
HB 1380	Repeals I-594	Shea (R-4)	DIED	SUPPORT
HB 1381	Universal recognition of all state CPLs	Blake (D-19)	DIED	SUPPORT
HB 1387	Assault weapons background check	Jinkins (D-27)	DIED	OPPOSE
HB 1483	Allows destruction of forfeited firearms	Lovick (D-44)	H. Rules	OPPOSE
HB 1501	Illegal purchase of firearms	Hansen (D-23)	H. Rules	SUPPORT
HB 1529	Use of force	Ryu (D-32)	DIED	OPPOSE
HB 1592	Delivery of firearms to LEOs	Klippert (R-08)	DIED	SUPPORT
SHB 1612	Suicide prevention	Orwall (D-33)	H. Rules	SUPPORT
HB 1725	I-594 check exemption for CPL holders	Koster (R-44)	DIED	SUPPORT
HB 1731	Certain exemptions to I-594	Jinkins (D27)	H. Rules	SUPPORT
HB 1900	Hunter ed funding/NRA license plates	Griffey (R-35)	DIED	NEUTRAL
HB 1933	Transfer of firearms at non-profit events	Walsh (R-19)	DIED	SUPPORT
SB 5000	Use of deadly force	McCoy (D-38)	DIED	OPPOSE
SB 5050	Assault weapon ban	Frockt (D-03)	DIED	OPPOSE
SB 5073	Use of force	McCoy (D-38)	DIED	OPPOSE
SB 5216	Firearm safety education in schools	O’Ban (R-28)	DIED	SUPPORT
SB 5268	CPL renewal notice	Takko (D-19)	Passed Senate	SUPPORT
SB 5441	Involuntary freeze on firearm possession	Kuderer (D-48)	DIED	NEUTRAL
SB 5444	Background check for “assault weapons”	Frockt (D-46)	DIED	OPPOSE
SB 5463	Mandatory safe storage of firearms	Palumbo (D-01)	DIED	OPPOSE
SSB 5506	Transfer of firearms at non-profit events	Zeiger (R-25)	S. Rules	SUPPORT
SB 5552	Certain exemptions to I-594	Pedersen (D-43)	Passed Senate	SUPPORT
SB 5553	Suicidal, waiver of rights	Pedersen (D-43)	DIED	NEUTRAL
SB 5795	Mandatory firearm liability insurance	Chase (D-32)	DIED	OPPOSE

L&J = Law & Justice, Jud = Judiciary, PubSaf = Public Safety, HC = Health Care, H. K-12 = House Early education, Aprop = Appropriations, Fin = Finance, W&M = Ways & Means “S” before a bill number indicates Substitute (amended).

PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED:

No public hearings scheduled at this time.

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!!!

1-800-562-6000TDD 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 "Real Audio" 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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