Stupid games...
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From: GOAL WA
To: undisclosed recipients
Sent: Fri 4/14/2017 2:40 PM
Subject: GOAL Post 2017-15
Legislative Update from Olympia, 14 April 2017
- SECOND CHAMBER CUT-OFF PASSES
- TWO WEEKS LEFT IN REGULAR SESSION
- BILLS PASS HOUSE, SENATE
- HB 1501 GAMES
- KOSTER AMENDMENTS RULED OUT OF ORDER
- CONCURRENCE VOTE(S)
For most bills, the legislative session effectively ended
Wednesday at 5 p.m. The remaining two weeks focus on budgets and reconciliation
between differences in bills as passed by each chamber (e.g. House bill amended
in the Senate or vice versa).
HB 1612 passed out of the Senate and SB 5268 passed the
House.
And then there is HB 1501, reporting of NICS denials. The
bill died in the Senate on Wednesday, but apparently the plan is to amend it
into one of the budget bills, which are still open to amendment. Under
Washington law, bills must be limited to a single subject and amendments
outside the scope of the bill cannot be made. This is the excuse they used to
block the CPL transfer amendment to SB 5552. So I don’t see how HB 1501 fits a
budget bill. We’ll know in a week or so.
(Let me throw in here what happened to the Koster Amendments
to SB 5552, that would have added CPL holders to the exemptions in I-594. The
amendments were offered on the floor, but ruled out of order by House Democrat
leadership. In no way were the amendments out of order. But “leadership” makes
the final decision. The House Democrat leaders weren’t about to allow us to
make a mediocre bill into a solid pro-gun bill.)
We are essentially down to four bills at this point: HB 1100
or SB 5268, the CPL renewal notice bills. Both bills were amended in the second
chamber so one of the two must gain concurrence vote) in its original chamber
before it goes to the Governor.
HB 1612, suicide prevention, was amended in the Senate, so
we’re awaiting a House concurrence vote.
SB 5552 was amended in the House, so must pass a concurrence
vote in the Senate.
BILL#
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Subject
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Sponsor
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STATUS
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GOAL POSITION:
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SHB 1100
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CPL renewal notice
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Blake (D-19)
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Passed
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SUPPORT
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HB 1501
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Illegal purchase of firearms
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Hansen (D-23)
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Died
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SUPPORT
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2SHB 1612
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Suicide prevention
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Orwall (D-33)
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Passed
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SUPPORT
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SB 5268
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CPL renewal notice
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Takko (D-19)
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Passed
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SUPPORT
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SB 5552
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Certain exemptions to I-594
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Pedersen (D-43)
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Passed
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SUPPORT
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