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Legislative Update from Olympia 20 January 2014
- LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR ADOPTED
- FOUR NEW BILLS FILED
- NEW METHOD TO CONTACT LEGISLATORS
- COMPETING RALLIES
- INITIATIVES TO BE HEARD
One of the first
orders of business for the legislature is adopting internal controls called
“cut-off dates.” These cut-offs
force action on bills or allow them to die for the session. If a bill fails to pass the specified
cut-off, it is nominally dead for the session (subject to revival if the
chamber – House or Senate – want it).
The cut-off dates for the 2013 session:
·
February 7 Bills
must pass original policy committee
·
February 11 Bills
with fiscal impact must pass first chamber fiscal committee
·
February 18 Bills
must pass original chamber (House bills out of House, Senate bills out of
Senate)
·
February 29 Bills
must pass second chamber policy committee
·
March 3 Bills
with fiscal impact must pass second chamber fiscal committee
·
March 7 Bills
must pass second chamber (except initiatives and alternate bills)
·
March 13 Legislature
adjourns
Five new gun-related
bills have been filed for this session.
HB 2324, by Rep, Matt Shea
(R-4) codifies Washington's "stand your ground" law and provides both
criminal and civil immunity for individuals exercising their rights under the
law, up to and including the use of lethal force if the situation warrants. HB 2502,
by Rep. Brad Klippert (R-8), waives the waiting period for handgun purchase for
commissioned, full-time peace officers, just as the period is waived for CPL
holders.
SB 6025, by Sen.
Steve O'Ban (R-28), makes it a separate offense to use body armor during the
commission of certain felonies. SB 6066, by Sen. Jim Honeyford (R-15),
provides for restoration of rights in some domestic violence misdemeanor
cases. SB 6198, by Sen. Pam Roach (R-31), provides immunity to established
shooting ranges from nuisance noise-related lawsuits.
The Legislature has
created a new means of input on bills directly to your legislators. On the "Bill Information page at www.leg.wa.gov, type the bill number into the
"search by bill number" block.
That will take you to the information about that particular bill... a
link to the bill itself, a list of sponsors, a bill analysis when available,
and the current status of the bill.
There is a new, dark green block just to the right of the bill number
that reads "Comment on this bill."
Clicking on that box takes you to a format page that allows you to
identify your district's legislators, state a position on the bill (support,
oppose or neutral), and leave comments.
This can be a very useful tool in communicating directly with your
elected officials.
Moms Demand Action,
a gun control groups founded after the Newtown, CT, school shooting, held a
rally in Olympia on Friday, 17 January.
Approximately 50 individuals participated. The group claims statewide membership of about
1,200. Washington Ceasefire, our state's
longtime gun control advocacy group, claims 5,000+ members. On
Sunday, approximately 200 individuals fell out for a pro-gun rally on the
Capitol Campus. Washington has more
than 400,000 CPL holders, NRA membership approaches (or surpasses -- I don't
have current figures) 100,000, and the Washington Arms Collectors alone boasts
20,000 members.
Although next week's schedule has not been published yet, we
have been informed Initiatives 591 and 594 will be the subject of public
hearings in the House Judiciary and Senate Law & Justice Committees on
Tuesday, 28 January and Wednesday, 29 January, respectively. More information on this as it becomes
available. If you can make it to Olympia
on either or both of these days, please plan to do so. In 2007, when SB 5197 (a "gun show loophole"
bill) was heard in Senate Labor & Commerce, about 60 supporters of the bill
showed up -- versus more than 350 opponents.
We forced them to open three overflow rooms to accommodate the participants.
BILL STATUS:
The following 28 bills filed in 2013 remain under
consideration in the 2014 session:
Bill #
|
Subject
|
Sponsor
|
Status
|
HB 1096
|
Juvenile illegal firearm possession
|
Hurst (D-31)
|
H. Jud
|
HB 1147
|
1st degree juvenile unlawful possess.
|
Goodman (D-45)
|
H. Jud
|
HB 1184
|
Range protection
|
Takko (D-19)
|
H. Jud
|
HB 1318
|
CPL renewal notice
|
Taylor (R-15)
|
H. Jud
|
HB 1371
|
WA Firearms Freedom Act
|
Taylor (R-15)
|
H. Jud
|
HB 1561
|
Short barreled rifles
|
Blake (D-19)
|
H. Jud
|
SHB 1588
|
Background checks
|
Pedersen (D-43)
|
H. Jud
|
HB 1676
|
Mandatory safe storage
|
Kagi (D-32)
|
H. Jud
|
HB 1703
|
Gun "safety" training and tax
|
Jinkins (D-27)
|
H. Jud
|
HB 1729
|
Street gangs
|
Warnick (R-13)
|
H. Jud
|
HB 1788
|
Firearms/school employees
|
Pike (R-18)
|
H. Jud
|
SHB 1839
|
Background checks
|
Goodman (D-45)
|
H. Jud
|
HB 1840
|
Firearms/restraining orders
|
Goodman (D-45)
|
H. Rules
|
HB 1908
|
Firearms on school property
|
Scott (R-39)
|
H. Jud
|
HB 2020
|
Firearms-related jobs
|
Shea (R-4)
|
H. Jud
|
HB 2164
|
Juvenile firearm possession
|
Orwall (D-33)
|
H. Jud
|
HB 2324
|
Use of force
|
Shea (R-4)
|
H, Jud
|
HB 2502
|
Delivery to peace officers
|
Klippert (R-8)
|
H. Jud
|
SB 5376
|
Juvenile illegal firearm possession
|
Kline (D-37)
|
S. W&M
|
SSB 5452
|
Stalking protection orders
|
Conway (D-29)
|
S. Rules
|
SB 5478
|
Firearms/mental health court
|
Keiser (D-33)
|
S. L&J
|
SB 5479
|
Safekeeping of firearms
|
Keiser (D-33)
|
S. L&J
|
SB 5485
|
Mandatory safe storage
|
Kline (D-37)
|
S. L&J
|
SB 5604
|
NRA license plates
|
Hatfield (D-19)
|
S. Trans
|
HB 5625
|
Background checks
|
Kline (D-37)
|
S. L&J
|
SB 5635
|
Restoration of firearm rights
|
Darneille (D-27)
|
S. L&J
|
SB 5660
|
Firearm safety education
|
Chase (D-32)
|
S. K-12
|
SB 5710
|
Mandatory safe storage
|
Kohl-Welles (D-46)
|
S. L&J
|
SB 5711
|
Background checks
|
Kline (D-37)
|
S. L&J
|
SB 5737
|
Ban on sale of "assault weapons"
|
Murray (D-43)
|
S. L&J
|
SB 5739
|
Ban on guns in parks
|
Murray (D-43)
|
S. L&J
|
SB 5831
|
Prohibits double tax on clay pigeons
|
Rivers (R-18)
|
S. Rules
|
SB 5956
|
Short-barreled rifles
|
Hatfield (D-19)
|
S. L&J
|
SB 6025
|
Use of body armor
|
O’Ban (R-28)
|
S. L&J
|
SB 6066
|
Restoration of rights
|
Honeyford (R-15)
|
S. L&J
|
SB 6198
|
Range protection
|
Roach (R-31)
|
S. L&J
|
Key to abbreviations:
S. = Senate, H. = House, Jud = Judiciary, K-12 = Education, L&J =
Law & Justice, Trans = Transportation, W&M = Ways and Means
GOAL POSITION ON BILLS
HB 1096 CONCERNS
HB 1147 CONCERNS
HB 1184 SUPPORT
HB 1318 SUPPORT
HB 1371 SUPPORT
HB 1561 SUPPORT
HB 1588 OPPOSE
HB 1612 CONCERNS
HB 1676 OPPOSE
HB 1703 OPPOSE
HB 1729 SUPPORT
HB 1788 SUPPORT
HB 1839 SUPPORT
HB 1840 OPPOSE
HB 1908 SUPPORT
HB 2020 SUPPORT
HB 2164 EVALUATING
HB 2324 SUPPORT
HB 2502 SUPPORT
SB 5376 CONCERNS
SB 5452 CONCERNS
SB 5478 CONCERNS
SB 5479 OPPOSE
SB 5485 OPPOSE
SB 5604 NEUTRAL
SB 5625 OPPOSE
SB 5635 OPPOSE
SB 5660 SUPPORT
SB 5710 OPPOSE
SB 5711 OPPOSE
SB 5737 OPPOSE
SB 5739 OPPOSE
SB 5831 SUPPORT
SB 5956 SUPPORT
SB 6025 NEUTRAL
SB 6066 SUPPORT
SB 6198 SUPPORT
HEARING(S) SCHEDULED: None 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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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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