Friday, April 7, 2017

GOAL Post 2017-14



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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Upcoming WAC gun show(s):

  • Puyallup 29-30 April
  • Monroe 6-7 May

"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."
Article 1, Section 24
Constitution of the State of Washington

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