Saturday, May 16, 2015

GOAL Post 2015-Special-3



I worked late late night, overtime, or I probably would have gotten this out then...

Would a better line than  "The lights are on, but no one's home" be "It's quiet. Too quiet...?"

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FROM: GOAL <goalwa@cox.net>
TO:  undisclosed-recipients
SENT: Fri 5/15/2015 3:23 PM
SUBJECT: GOAL Post  2015-Special-3

Legislative Update from Olympia                                                      15 May  2015

NO ACTIVITY!

The lights are on, but apparently no one is home -- at least as far as putting out work product is concerned.  It's all about the biennial budget, and so far, no budget.  A couple of public hearings were held on various budget issues, most attention focusing on tax increases.

Two legislative committee meetings are scheduled for next week, but nothing involving firearms.  

HB 1713 is included in the Bill Status list because technically it is in play.  But it's going nowhere.


BILL STATUS:

Bill #             Subject                        Prime sponsor      Status             GOAL Position

ESHB 1713  Mental health/guns    Cody (D-34)            S. W&M        NEUTRAL  

* indicates change in status this week

ESHB = Engrossed Substitute House Bill, SHB/SSB = Substitute Bill (bill amended in committee), HB = House Bill, SB = Senate Bill, H. Aprop = House Appropriations, H. Jud. = House Judiciary, S. L&J = Senate Law & Justice, S. W&M = Senate Ways & Means

HEARING(S) SCHEDULED: None.

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):

             Puyallup               27-28 June
             Monroe                 11-12 July

"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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