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Legislative Update from Olympia 23 January 2014
· PUBLIC HEARINGS ON INITIATIVES
· I-594 CERTIFIED BY SOS; I-591 NEXT
· FIREARMS ON THE CAPITOL CAMPUS
· FORMAT CHANGE
· NEW BILL(S) FILED
· ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HEARING(S) SCHEDULED
· OPPOSE HB 2459/SB 6039
· PUBLIC HEARINGS ON INITIATIVES
· I-594 CERTIFIED BY SOS; I-591 NEXT
· FIREARMS ON THE CAPITOL CAMPUS
· FORMAT CHANGE
· NEW BILL(S) FILED
· ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HEARING(S) SCHEDULED
· OPPOSE HB 2459/SB 6039
Public hearings will be conducted on Initiatives 591 (pro-gun) and 594 (anti-gun) on 28 January (House Judiciary) and 29 January (Senate Law & Justice). It is critical that as many individuals turn out as possible to attend BOTH of these hearings. A strong turnout sends a strong signal to both the legislature and to the media present of the support for, or opposition to, each of the initiatives. Signs and posters are not allowed inside the buildings, but we will be distributing "Guns Save Lives" stickers to participants. Parking in the vicinity of the Campus is tight, and Olympia loves to give tickets for illegal parking, so car pools are strongly encouraged. http://www.leg.wa.gov/legislature/Pages/Parking.aspx
The House Judiciary Committee will conduct it's hearing on
both initiatives at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, in House Hearing Room "A"
in the John L. Obrien (House) Office Building.
The Senate Law & Justice Committee will hear both initiatives at
1:30 p.m. on Wednesday in Senate Hearing Room "1" in the John A.
Cherberg Senate Office Building. Sign-up
sheets will likely be posted outside the hearing rooms. Please come early and sign in FOR I-591 and
AGAINST I-594.
(And just before I sent this, House Judiciary chair Rep.
Laurie Jinkins (D-27) announced she would also hear HB 1561 -- legalizing
short-barreled rifles under state law -- in conjunction with her hearing on the
initiatives Tuesday afternoon.)
The Secretary of State announced on Wednesday that the count
of signatures for I-=594 was completed, and the initiative has sufficient
signatures to move forward. The count on
I-591 is underway as you read this.
And here is where I alienate some of you on the list. Carry is legal on the Capitol Campus. But both committee chairs have asked that no
one OPEN carry in deference to the victims the other side is expected to bring
in. I know, and for the most part agree
with, the arguments for open carry. But
occasionally discretion is the better part of valor. This is NOT the time to push the issue. In fact, the most likely reaction to such
activity is a change in the law banning ALL firearms on the Campus. That does no one any good. Please be discrete.
I've merged the "Bill Status" and "GOAL
Position" segments to make for easier linking of the two. The GOAL position on a given bill will appear
immediately below the bill information.
One new firearm-related bill was filed this week. SB 6245, by Sen. Brian Dansel (R-7) makes
technical fixes to the existing law requiring surrender of a CPL held by anyone
convicted of certain offenses.
A public hearing will be conducted on SB 6199, a bill
restricting the use of incendiary or tracer ammunition and incendiary
devices.
I have taken a position to oppose HB 2459 and SB 6039, bills
dealing with hunter education training.
I support the intent of hunter education training. I was first certified by the State of
California as a Hunter Safety instructor in 1973. Hunter education training was developed by
the NRA in the 1930s. Hunter Ed
instruction is currently conducted by volunteer instructors. But this bill allows the Department of Fish
and Wildlife to set a registration fee "of not more than $20" to take
the course. Revenues collected shall be
used to reimburse volunteer instructors for out-of-pocket expenses and other
purposes. I oppose the bills as written
because I believe $20 is too high and will evolve into a cash cow for DFW. Instructors deserve to be reimbursed, but a
$20 fee for the course may act as a bar to certifying young hunters.
The following 28 bills filed in 2013 remain under
consideration in the 2014 session:
Bill #
|
Subject
|
Sponsor
|
Status
|
Position
|
HB 1096
|
Juvi illegal firearm
possession
|
Hurst (D-31)
|
H. Jud
|
CONCERNS
|
HB 1147
|
1st degree juvi unlawful
possess.
|
Goodman (D-45)
|
H. Jud
|
CONCERNS
|
HB 1184
|
Range protection
|
Takko (D-19)
|
H. Jud
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 1318
|
CPL renewal notice
|
Taylor (R-15)
|
H. Jud
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 1371
|
WA Firearms Freedom Act
|
Taylor (R-15)
|
H. Jud
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 1561
|
Short barreled rifles
|
Blake (D-19)
|
H. Jud
|
SUPPORT
|
SHB 1588
|
Background checks
|
Pedersen (D-43)
|
H. Jud
|
OPPOSE
|
HB 1676
|
Mandatory safe storage
|
Kagi (D-32)
|
H. Jud
|
OPPOSE
|
HB 1703
|
Gun "safety"
training and tax
|
Jinkins (D-27)
|
H. Jud
|
OPPOSE
|
HB 1729
|
Street gangs
|
Warnick (R-13)
|
H. Jud
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 1788
|
Firearms/school employees
|
Pike (R-18)
|
H. Jud
|
SUPPORT
|
SHB 1839
|
Background checks
|
Goodman (D-45)
|
H. Jud
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 1840
|
Firearms/restraining orders
|
Goodman (D-45)
|
H. Rules
|
OPPOSE
|
HB 1908
|
Firearms on school property
|
Scott (R-39)
|
H. Jud
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 2020
|
Firearms-related jobs
|
Shea (R-4)
|
H. Jud
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 2164
|
Juvenile firearm possession
|
Orwall (D-33)
|
H. Jud
|
EVALUATING
|
HB 2324
|
Use of force
|
Shea (R-4)
|
H, Jud
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 2459
|
Hunter safety
|
Blake (D-19)
|
H. Ag/NatRes
|
OPPOSE AS WRITTEN
|
HB 2475
|
Short barreled
rifles/shotguns
|
Overstreet (R-42)
|
H. Jud
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 2502
|
Delivery to peace officers
|
Klippert (R-8)
|
H. Jud
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 2529
|
Sales tax exemption on firearms
|
Overstreet (R-42)
|
H. Finance
|
SUPPORT
|
SB 5376
|
Juvi illegal firearm
possession
|
Kline (D-37)
|
S. W&M
|
CONCERNS
|
SSB 5452
|
Stalking protection orders
|
Conway (D-29)
|
S. Rules
|
CONCERNS
|
SB 5478
|
Firearms/mental health court
|
Keiser (D-33)
|
S. L&J
|
CONCERNS
|
SB 5479
|
Safekeeping of firearms
|
Keiser (D-33)
|
S. L&J
|
OPPOSE
|
SB 5485
|
Mandatory safe storage
|
Kline (D-37)
|
S. L&J
|
OPPOSE
|
SB 5604
|
NRA license plates
|
Hatfield (D-19)
|
S. Trans
|
NEUTRAL
|
SB 5625
|
Background checks
|
Kline (D-37)
|
S. L&J
|
OPPOSE
|
SB 5635
|
Restoration of firearm
rights
|
Darneille (D-27)
|
S. L&J
|
OPPOSE
|
SB 5660
|
Firearm safety education
|
Chase (D-32)
|
S. K-12
|
SUPPORT
|
SB 5710
|
Mandatory safe storage
|
Kohl-Welles (D-46)
|
S. L&J
|
OPPOSE
|
SB 5711
|
Background checks
|
Kline (D-37)
|
S. L&J
|
OPPOSE
|
SB 5737
|
Ban on sale of
"assault weapons"
|
Murray (D-43)
|
S. L&J
|
OPPOSE
|
SB 5739
|
Ban on guns in parks
|
Murray (D-43)
|
S. L&J
|
OPPOSE
|
SB 5831
|
Prohibits double tax on
clay pigeons
|
Rivers (R-18)
|
S. Rules
|
SUPPORT
|
SB 5956
|
Short-barreled rifles
|
Hatfield (D-19)
|
S. L&J
|
SUPPORT
|
SB 6025
|
Use of body armor
|
O’Ban (R-28)
|
S. L&J
|
NEUTRAL
|
SB 6039
|
Hunter safety
|
Pearson (R-39)
|
S. NatRes
|
OPPOSE AS WRITTEN
|
SB 6066
|
Restoration of rights
|
Honeyford (R-15)
|
S. L&J
|
SUPPORT
|
SB 6198
|
Range protection
|
Roach (R-31)
|
S. L&J
|
SUPPORT
|
SB 6199
|
Wildfires/incendiary
devices
|
Braun (R-20)
|
S. NatRes
|
EVALUATING
|
SB 6245
|
Surrender of CPL
|
Dansel (R-7)
|
S. L&J
|
EVALUATING
|
Key to abbreviations:
S. = Senate, H. = House, Ag/NatRes = Agriculture/Natural Resources, Fin
= Finance, Jud = Judiciary, K-12 = Education, L&J = Law & Justice,
NatRes = Natural Resources & Parks, Trans = Transportation, W&M = Ways
and Means
HEARING(S) SCHEDULED:
28 January
|
I-591/594
|
House Judiciary Committee
|
1:30 p.m.
|
House Hearing Room "A"
|
John L. O'Brien Bldg (JLOB)
|
28 January
|
SB 6199
|
Senate Natural Resources & Parks Committee
|
1:30 p.m.
|
Senate Hearing Room "1"
|
John A. Cherberg Bldg (JAC)
|
29 January
|
I-591/594
|
Senate Law & Justice Committee
|
1:30 p.m.
|
Senate Hearing Room "1"
|
John A. Cherberg Bldg (JAC)
|
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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Upcoming WAC gun show(s):
Monroe
15-16 February
Puyallup
22-23 February
"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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