GOAL Post 2013-6
Legislative
Update from Olympia
22 February
2013
- · NEW BILLS INTRODUCED
- · POLICY COMMITTEE CUT-OFF -- MOST GUN BILLS DIE
- · FISCAL COMMITTEE CUT-OFF NEXT FRIDAY
Two
additional firearm-related bills were filed over the past week. SB 5739, by Sen. Ed Murray (D-43), would
allow counties or cities to ban firearms in public parks and other recreation
areas. SB 5831, by Sen. Ann Rivers
(R-18), would prohibit double taxation of clay pigeons bought by non-profit gun
clubs who collect sales tax when selling rounds of trap/skeet. SB 5739 was NOT scheduled for a public
hearing. SB 5831 will be heard in Senate
Ways & Means next Tuesday (2/26).
Today
is the first major culling of bills filed.
To date, more than 2,800 bills have been filed for this legislative
biennium (2013-14). Bills that did not
make it out of their original policy committee by the end of business today are
theoretically considered dead for the remainder of the session. They may be reconsidered during any special
session or in the 2014 session. I say
theoretically because the cut-offs are an arbitrary date adopted at the
beginning of a session. If sufficient
pressure is brought to bear, a bill may be resurrected.
The
2013 session sets a record: more than 30 firearm-related bills have been
filed. This is a first in the 20 years I
have been lobbying in Olympia. Eleven of
the 30 are good bills, most of the rest are either overtly bad or containing
sections that do not protect the rights of gun owners.
At
this time it appears at least 18 bills failed to make the cut-off and should be
considered dead for the session. These
include most of the pro-gun bills and some of the bad ones as well. Again, a committee chair has full discretion
as to which bills he or she moves or lets die.
Ten
firearm-related bills remain under consideration. In this issue of GOAL Post I have listed ALL
of the bills and their current status.
Next week I will delete those bills that died in committee.
Bills
that have a fiscal impact on the state require a second hearing in one of the
legislative fiscal committees (House Appropriations or Fiscal or Senate Ways
& Means). This is to allow the
legislature to identify where the funding will come from to fund the bill's
requirements. Or that's the way it's
supposed to work! The last opportunity
for these bills to be heard in their original chamber (House or Senate) is next
Friday, 1 March.
Bills
in the House or Senate Rules Committees sit there until leadership decides they
want to bring them to the floor for a full vote. In many cases, they're waiting on drafting of
floor amendments.
While
SB 5660, the bill that would require the Superintendant of Public Instruction
to develop a firearms safety education program along the lines of the NRA's
"Eddie Eagle" program failed to pass out of committee, a similar
Senate Joint Memorial (SJM 8006) did pass.
Unfortunately, a Memorial can only recommend a course of action, not
require it.
BILL STATUS:
Bill
#
|
Subject
|
Sponsor
|
Status
|
HB
1096
|
Juvi
illegal firearm possession
|
Hurst
(D-31)
|
H.
Approp
|
HB
1147
|
1st
degree juvi unlawful possess.
|
Goodman
(D-45)
|
DIED
H. Jud
|
HB
1184
|
Range
protection
|
Takko
(D-19)
|
DIED
H. Jud
|
HB
1318
|
CPL
renewal notice
|
Taylor
(-15)
|
DIED
H. Jud
|
HB
1371
|
WA
Firearms Freedom Act
|
Taylor
(R-15)
|
DIED
H. Jud
|
HB
1383
|
Stalking
protection orders
|
Goodman
(D-45)
|
H.
Rules
|
HB
1561
|
Short
barreled rifles
|
Blake
(D-19)
|
DIED
H. Jud
|
SHB
1588
|
Background
checks
|
Pedersen
(D-43)
|
H.
Approp
|
HB
1612
|
Firearm
offender registry
|
Hope
(R-44)
|
H.
Rules
|
HB
1676
|
Mandatory
safe storage
|
Kagi
(D-32)
|
DIED
H. Jud
|
HB
1703
|
Gun
"safety" training and tax
|
Jinkins
(D-27)
|
DIED
H. Jud
|
HB
1729
|
Street
gangs
|
Warnick
(R-13)
|
DIED
H. Jud
|
HB
1788
|
Firearms/school
employees
|
Pike
(R-18)
|
DIED
H. Jud
|
SHB
1839
|
Background
checks
|
Goodman
(D-45)
|
H.
Rules
|
HB
1840
|
Firearms/restraining
orders
|
Goodman
(D-45)
|
H.
Rules
|
HB
1908
|
Firearms
on school property
|
Scott
(R-39)
|
DIED
H. Jud
|
SB
5282
|
DSHS/WSP
info exchange
|
Carrell (R-28)
|
S.
Rules
|
SB
5376
|
Juvi
illegal firearm possession
|
Kline
(D-37)
|
S.
W&M
|
SSB
5452
|
Stalking
protection orders
|
Conway
(D-
|
S.
Rules
|
SB
5478
|
Firearms/mental
health court
|
Keiser
(D-33)
|
DIED
S. L&J
|
SB
5479
|
Safekeeping
of firearms
|
Keiser
(D-33)
|
DIED
S. L&J
|
SB
5485
|
Mandatory
safe storage
|
Kline
(D-37)
|
DIED
S. L&J
|
SB
5604
|
NRA
license plates
|
Hatfield
(D-19)
|
DIED
S. Trans
|
HB
5625
|
Background
checks
|
Kline
(D-37)
|
DIED S. L&J
|
SB
5635
|
Restoration
of firearm rights
|
Kline
(D-37)
|
DIED
S. L&J
|
SB
5660
|
Firearm
safety education
|
Chase
(D-3)
|
DIED
S. Early Learn
|
SB
5710
|
Mandatory
safe storage
|
Kohl-Welles
(D-46)
|
DIED
S. L&J
|
SB
5711
|
Background
checks
|
Kline
(D-37)
|
DIED
S. L&J
|
SB
5737
|
Ban
on sale of "assault weapons"
|
Murray
(D-43)
|
DIED
S. L&J
|
SB
5739
|
Ban
on guns in parks
|
Murray
(D-43)
|
DIED
S. L&J
|
SB
5831
|
Bans
double tax on clay pigeons
|
Rivers
(R-18)
|
S.
W&M
|
Key
to abbreviations: SB = Senate Bill, HB =
House Bill, Jud = Judiciary, L&J = Law & Justice, HS&C = Human
Services & Corrections, Trans = Transportation, Approp = Appropriations,
Early Learn = Early Learning and K-12 Education, W&M = Ways & Means
GOAL
POSITION ON BILLS
HB 1096 CONCERNS
HB 1383 CONCERNS
HB 1588 OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED
HB 1612 CONCERNS
HB 1839 SUPPORT
HB 1840 OPPOSE
SB 5282 SUPPORT
SB 5376 CONCERNS
SB 5452 CONCERNS
SB 5831 SUPPORT
HEARING(S)
SCHEDULED
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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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."
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