Joe Waldron has transmitted another GOAL Post. This time, in addition to my usual minor formatting changes for the blog I made a couple of corrections to typos, and added bold text and hyperlinks to the gun bills introduced. The text in the tables of bills and hearings was made small so as to fit on the computer screen. Any weird formatting is the cat's fault. Drang
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FROM”: GOAL WA goalwa@cox.net (Joe Waldron)
TO: undisclosed-recipients:
SENT: Fri 1/23/2015 8:47 PM
SUBJECT: GOAL Post 2015-3
Legislative Update from Olympia
23 January 2015
- CUT-OFF CALENDAR ADOPTED
- NEW BILLS FILED
- PUBLIC HEARINGS HELD
- PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED
The legislature adopted
the cut-off calendar for the session, the dates by which bills must pass
certain hurdles or be considered dead for the session (although no bill is ever
truly dead if leadership wants to revive it).
The dates for the 2015 regular session are:
·
12 Jan First day of 105-day session
·
20 Feb First policy committee cut-off
·
27 Feb First fiscal committee cut-off (if required)
·
11 Mar Chamber (House or Senate) cut-off (5 p.m.)
·
1 Apr Second chamber policy committee cut-off
·
7 Apr Second chamber fiscal committee cut-off
(if required)
·
15 Apr Second chamber cut-off
·
26 Apr Legislature adjourns sine die
Several new firearm-related
bills have been filed. HB 1324 (Shea, R-4) would put into
statute the existing “castle doctrine” and “stand your ground/no duty to
retreat” laws currently recognized by judicial decision; HB 1433 (Scott, R-38) modifies the state Gun Free School Zone law
to more closely match federal law; HB1474 (Taylor, R-15) would add defense against animal attack to existing
self defense law; HB 1506 (Kirby,
D-29) would exempt firearm transfers between licensed security guards from the
background check provision of I-594; HB1521 (Taylor, R-15) would restore the previous federal three day wait on a
“delay” response from NICS from the 10 or more days imposed by I-594; and HB 1535 (Klippert, R-8) would waive the
current three day waiting period on handgun deliveries for law enforcement
officers. (This is previous law, not
I-594 related.)
SB 5381
(Billig, D-3) creates a procedure whereby firearms seized or otherwise taken
from citizens by law enforcement could be returned, to include a mandatory
three-day waiting period; SB 5476
(Dammeier, R-25) is the Senate counterpart to HB 1535; SB 5500 (Roach,
R-31) allows retired law enforcement officer to carry firearms on school
grounds; SB 5539, (Roach, R-31) also
exempts law enforcement officers from the three day waiting period for handgun
delivery; SB 5579 (Dammeier, R-25)
also exempts licensed security guards from the background check provision of
I-594; and SB 5615 (Benton, R-17)
exempts military members from the background check provision of I-594.
As you can see, some of these
bills are an attempt to nibble away around the edges of I-594. How successful they will be remains to be
seen.
Public hearings were held on
four bills this past week, HBs 1119 (Blake D-19), 1131 (Pettigrew D-37), HB
1191 (Taylor R-15) and SB 5036 (O’Ban R-28).
I normally try to provide information on the hearing, but my travel
schedule precludes it at this time. Keep
in mind you can listen to hearings and floor sessions streamed live on
TVWashington (see details below) or listed to archive podcasts of the hearings.
At this time, public hearings
are scheduled for three bills next week:
a second hearing for HB 1131 (Pettigrew) D-37) in House Agriculture, a
hearing for SB 5241 (Litzow R-41) in Senate Natural Resources, and a hearing
for SB 5500 (Roach, R-31) in Senate Law & Justice.
Regarding hearings on bills,
committee chairs choose which bills to hear and which to ignore, although
sometimes heavy public input can force a hearing on a bill. The next week’s schedule is published on
Wednesday, so bills filed later in the current week aren’t even considered for
a hearing at this time. As you can see
in the bill introduction schedule for this week, most new bills filed failed to
make the scheduling cut-off. We have
four more weeks for bills to pass out of the first policy committee, plenty of
time.
Executive action (a committee
vote) is expected on at least two bills next week: HBs 1119 and 1191. As or when bills move out of committee, the
“status” data will change in “Bill Status” below.
Given the fact that
leadership controls which bills move and which bills die, and the fact that the
liberal side of the Democratic Party controls the House, I am not optimistic
that any bills repealing or limiting the impact of I-594 will move. An exception might be an attempt to
horse-trade minor fixes to 594 in return for pro-gunners’ support of or simply
silence on additional “common sense” gun control bills. The next time a Democrat tells you he or she
simply wants “gun safety” legislation, ask him or her to show you their safety
instructor certification or even just a gun safety course completion
certificate.
BILL STATUS:
|
Bill #
|
Subject
|
Prime sponsor
|
Status
|
|
HB 1119
|
Hunter education issues
|
Blake (D-17)
|
H. Ag/NatRes
|
|
HB 1131
|
Prohibits sale/transfer of
ivory
|
Pettigrew (D-37)
|
H. Ag/NatRes
|
|
HB 1191
|
CPL renewal notices
|
Taylor (R-15)
|
H. Jud.
|
|
HB 1193
|
Prohibiting gun owner data
base
|
Taylor (R-15)
|
H. Jud.
|
|
HB 1245
|
Repeals I-594
|
Shea (R-4)
|
H. Jud.
|
|
HB 1324
|
Codifies castle doctrine and
stand your ground
|
Shea (R-4)
|
H, Jud
|
|
HB 1433
|
Modifies Gun Free School
Zone law
|
Scott (R-38)
|
H. Jud.
|
|
HB 1474
|
Defense against animal
attack
|
Taylor (R-15)
|
H. Jud.
|
|
HB 1506
|
Exempts security guard
transfers from I-594
|
Kirby (D-29)
|
H. Jud.
|
|
HB 1521
|
Returns NICS “delay” to
three days (I-594)
|
Taylor (R-15)
|
H. Jud.
|
|
HB 1535
|
Exempts active LEOs from
waiting period
|
Klippert (R-8)
|
H. Jud.
|
|
SB 5036
|
Penalizes criminal misuse of
body armor
|
O'Ban (R-28)
|
S. L&J
|
|
SB 5241
|
Prohibits sale/transfer of
ivory
|
Litzow (R-41)
|
S. NatRes/Parks
|
|
SB 5381
|
Return of firearms held by
law enforcement
|
Billig (D-3)
|
S. L&J
|
|
SB 5476
|
Exempts active LEOs from
waiting period
|
Dammeier (R-25)
|
S. L&J
|
|
SB 5500
|
Allows retired LEOs to carry
on school grounds
|
Roach (R-31)
|
S. L&J
|
|
SB 5539
|
Exempts LEO’s from three day
waiting period
|
Roach (R-31)
|
S. L&J
|
|
SB 5579
|
Exempts licensed scty guards
from b/g checks
|
Dammeier (R-25)
|
S L&J
|
|
SB 5615
|
Exempts military members
from b/g checks
|
Benton (R-17
|
S L&J
|
HB = House Bill, SB = Senate
Bill, H. Jud. = House Judiciary, S. L&J = Senate Law & Justice, H.
Ag/NatRes = House Agriculture & Natural Resources, S. NatRes/Parks = Senate
Natural Resources & Parks
GOAL POSITION ON BILLS
HB 1119 PENDING
HB 1131 OPPOSE
HB 1191 SUPPORT
HB 1193 SUPPORT
HB 1245 SUPPORT
HB 1324 SUPPORT
HB 1433 SUPPORT
HB 1474 SUPPORT
HB 1506 SUPPORT
HB 1521 SUPPORT
HB 1535 SUPPORT
SB 5036 NEUTRAL
SB 5241 OPPOSE
SB 5381 OPPOSE
SB 5476 SUPPORT
SB 5500 SUPPORT
SB 5539 SUPPORT
SB 5579 SUPPORT
SB 5615 SUPPORT
HEARINGS SCHEDULED:
|
HB 1131
|
House Ag/Nat Res
|
HHR “B,” John L. O’Brien
Building
|
27 Jan
|
10:00 a.m.
|
|
SB 5241
|
Senate Nat Res
|
SHR "B" John A. Cherberg Building
|
28 Jan
|
2:00 p.m.
|
|
SB 5500
|
Senate L&J
|
SHR “1,” John A. Cherberg
Building
|
29 Jan
|
8: a.m.
|
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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