FROM: GOAL WA goalwa@cox.net (Joe Waldron)
TO: undisclosed recipients
SENT: Fri 4/7/2017 3:38 PM
SUBJECT: GOAL Post 2017-14
Legislative Update from Olympia 7 April 2017
- HB 1100 PASSES SENATE
- SB 5552 PASSES HOUSE
- SB 5268 PASSES TO HOUSE RULES
- HBs 1501 AND 1612 PASS TO SENATE RULES
- TWO DOWN, THREE TO GO
- GENERAL CUT-OFF 12 APRIL
- SPECIAL SESSION?
Two bills passed out of their respective chamber this
week.HB 1100 passed out of the Senate. We’re waiting to see if the counterpart
bill (duplicate) passes out of the House. One way or another, unless the
governor vetoes either bill, you can expect a postcard or e-mail renewal notice
90 days before your CPL expires.
SB 5552 passed out of the House but must go back to the
Senate to have them concur (or non-concur) in the House amendment. The bill
slightly relaxes a few of the I-594 background check requirements. We tried to
amend the bill to authorize direct transfers between CPL holders, both of whom
have passed a more stringent background check than that required by I-594.The
amendment was blocked in the Democrat House.
HBs 1501 (NICS denial reporting) and 1612 (suicide
prevention) and SB5268 sit in their respective Rules Committees awaiting a
floor vote. They must pass by next Wednesday, 12 April.
After next Wednesday, the focus shift to bills that approve
and implement the budget. The only non-budget bills that may be voted on are
those that were amended in the second chamber and need to be sent to a
conference committee (both House and Senate members) to reconcile and then get
an up-or-down vote.
The long session years (odd-numbered years) are general
budget adoption years. If a budget has not been adopted by the constitutional
end of the session (midnight, 23 April this cycle), a special session of up to
30 days must be called. While the principal focus of the special session may be
the budget, ALL bills not passed during the regular session may be
reconsidered. So special sessions can be sneaky and dangerous.
And, as we have seen in the last two budget years (2013,
2015), with split control of the legislature, it may take more than one special
session to agree on a budget. Two special sessions may be necessary, possibly
three. The whole idea with the Inslee administration is to squeeze as much tax
money blood out of the productive population base rock as they can to fund
their pet projects (like sanctuary state support of illegal aliens).
BILL NUMBER
|
SUBJECT
|
SPONSOR
|
STATUS
|
GOAL POSITION:
|
SHB 1100
|
CPL renewal notice
|
Blake (D-19)
|
Passed
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 1501
|
Illegal purchase of firearms
|
Hansen (D-23)
|
S. Rules
|
SUPPORT
|
2SHB 1612
|
Suicide prevention
|
Orwall (D-33)
|
S. Rules
|
SUPPORT
|
SB 5268
|
CPL renewal notice
|
Takko (D-19)
|
H. Rules
|
SUPPORT
|
SB 5552
|
Certain exemptions to I-594
|
Pedersen (D-43)
|
Passed
|
SUPPORT
|
L&J = Law & Justice, Jud = Judiciary, HumSer = Human
Services, Aprop = Appropriations, Fin = Finance, W&M = Ways & Means“S”
before a bill number indicates Substitute (amended).
PUBLIC 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!!!
1-800-562-6000TDD 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 "RealAudio" to
do this, available free at the TVW web site). Each bill’s web page contains a
link to any public hearing at the bottom of the page.
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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