As usual, a few minor changes made to formatting for the sake of the blog. The list of old bills still "in play" is quite long, alas. With so many Washington State specific items, this GOAL Post does not address Federal/Obama issues.)
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FROM: GOAL WA <goalwa@cox.net>
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SENT: Fri 1/8/2016 1:54 PM
SUBJECT: GOAL Post 2016-1
Legislative Update from Olympia8 January 2016
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LEGISLATURE CONVENES MONDAY, 13 JANUARY
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LEGISLATIVE TUTORIAL
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POTENTIAL IMPACT OF ELECTION YEAR
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34 BILLS HELD OVER FROM 2015 SESSION
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NEW PRE-FILED BILLS
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NO PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED YET
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LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR
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LEGISLATOR DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBERS
(Note: There’s a lot going on with regard to the
President’s “gun violence initiative. “Few details are available at this time.
But GOAL Post has an Olympia focus and will not cover the other Washington.)
The second regular session of the 64th (biennial)
Washington state legislature convenes Monday, January 11th for its short (60
day) session. Control of the legislature remains split, with Democrats
controlling the House of Representatives with 50 seats, while the minority
Republicans have 48. From a gun owner’s perspective, this view is skewed by the
fact that a small handful of Democrats side solidly with gun owners on those issues.
While we would have the votes necessary to pass good or block bad bills, House
Democrats still control leadership positions in that chamber, and thus control
which bills get votes. The Senate remains controlled by a Majority Coalition of
25 Republicans and one Democrat. From a standpoint of stopping bad bills, we
should be all right, but it will be difficult to move pro-gun legislation
forward.
Legislation 101.For those of you not familiar with how
the legislative process works, this page has links to several quick tutorials,
including how a bill becomes a law, how to read a bill, where to access bill
language and how to testify in public hearings: http://leg.wa.gov/legislature/Pages/ComingToTheLegislature.aspx
2016 is a major election year. To a limited degree, that
might influence how elected officials vote on controversial issues. They’ll
certainly be paying more attention to public opinion than in non-election years.
Your calls, e-mails and letters DO MATTER. It’s called “grassroots lobbying.”
As this is the second year of the biennium, bills that
were filed last year and not passed by the legislature remain available for Consideration.
34 firearm-related bills, good and bad, from 2015 are still in the hopper (see
list below).In addition, four additional gun-related bills were pre-filed
before the session started (at the end of the list below)
At this point, three days before the start of the
session, no public hearings have been scheduled on any firearm-related bills.
One of the first items of business in each session is the
adoption of the session calendar, identifying dates by which bills must clear
various hurdles. A bill that fails to clear the policy committee or chamber
floor by the designated date is generally considered dead for the year,
although they may be “resurrected” by parliamentary procedure. I’ll post the
cut-off dates for the 2014 session in the next issue of GOAL Post.
The Democrat caucus has extended its reach from urban and
suburban areas to rural areas. In these districts, the enthusiasm for gun
control is diluted. If the Democrats expect to hold these rural districts in
the next election, they will have to tread carefully on the gun issue. If you
live in a rural or even suburban district with Democrat Representatives or a
Democrat Senator, it is important that you call their office and express
concern about your gun rights. Ask them to keep you informed of any gun-related
legislation. This lets them know that you are watching them on this issue.
The Legislature has not yet published new telephone and
office directories because legislators are not sworn in until Monday, 11 January.
The following links can be used at that time to identify direct contact
information:
BILL STATUS:
Bill #
|
Subject
|
Prime sponsor
|
Status
|
GOAL Position
|
HB 1119
|
Hunter education issues
|
Blake (D-17)
|
H Ag
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 1193
|
Prohibiting gun owner
data base
|
Taylor (R-15)
|
H Jud
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 1245
|
Repeals I-594
|
Shea (R-4)
|
H Jud
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 1324
|
Codifies castle doctrine
and stand your ground
|
Shea (R-4)
|
H Jud
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 1433
|
Modifies Gun Free School
Zone law
|
Scott (R-38)
|
H Jud
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 1442
|
Exp. economic development
via firearms/ammo
|
G. Hunt (R-2)
|
H Jud
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 1474
|
Defense against animal
attack
|
Taylor (R-15)
|
H Jud
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 1506
|
Exempts security guard
transfers from I-594
|
Kirby (D-29)
|
H Jud
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 1521
|
Returns NICS “delay” to
three days (I-594)
|
Taylor (R-15)
|
H Jud
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 1533
|
Exempts guns loaned to
museums from I-594
|
Van Werven (R-42)
|
H Jud
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 1535
|
Exempts active LEOs from
waiting period
|
Klippert (R-8)
|
H Jud
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 1594
|
Imitation firearms
|
Wylie (D-49)
|
H Jud
|
OPPOSE
|
HB 1692
|
Imitation firearms
|
Wylie (D-49
|
)H Jud
|
OPPOSE
|
HB 1713
|
Mental health/guns
|
Cody (D-34)
|
H Rules
|
OPPOSE
|
HB 1722
|
Short barreled rifles
|
Hayes (R-10)
|
H Jud
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 1747
|
Safe storage of firearms
|
Kagi (D-32)
|
H Jud
|
OPPOSE
|
HB 1857
|
Extreme protective orders
|
Jinkins (D-27)
|
H Aprop
|
OPPOSE
|
HB 1886
|
Repeals I-594 by popular
vote
|
Hunt (R-2)
|
H Jud
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 2031
|
Tax exemption for firearm
safety devices
|
Harmsworth (R-44)
|
H Jud
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 2088
|
Lowers age for CPL from
21 to 18
|
Shea (R-4)
|
H Jud
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 2089
|
Expands CPL reciprocity;
lowers age to 18
|
Shea (R-4)
|
H Jud
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 2164
|
Exceptions to I-594
background checks
|
Shea (R-4)
|
H Jud
|
SUPPORT
|
SSB 5036
|
Penalizes criminal misuse
of body armor
|
O'Ban (R-28)
|
S. Rules
|
NEUTRAL
|
SB 5476
|
Exempts active LEOs from
waiting period
|
Dammeier (R-25)
|
S L&J
|
SUPPORT
|
SB 5500
|
Allows retired LEOs to
carry on school grounds
|
Roach (R-31)
|
S Rules
|
SUPPORT
|
SB 5539
|
Exempts LEO’s from three
day waiting period
|
Roach (R-31)
|
S Rules
|
SUPPORT
|
SSB 5579
|
Exempts licensed scty
guards from b/g checks
|
Dammeier (R-25)
|
S Rules
|
SUPPORT
|
SB 5615
|
Exempts military members
from b/g checks
|
Benton (R-17)
|
S Rules
|
SUPPORT
|
SB 5643
|
Mental health/guns
|
O'Ban (R-28)
|
S Ment Hlth
|
OPPOSE
|
SB 5658
|
Reporting of mental
health commitment
|
Dansel (R-7)
|
S Rules
|
NEUTRAL
|
SB 5727
|
Extreme protective orders
|
Frockt (D-46)
|
S L&J
|
OPPOSE
|
SB 5789
|
Safe storage of firearms
|
Kohl-Welles (D-36)
|
S L&J
|
OPPOSE
|
SB 5831
|
Restoration of firearm
rights
|
Honeyford (R-15)
|
S Rules
|
SUPPORT
|
SB 6015
|
NRA license plate
|
Roach (R-31)
|
S Rules
|
SUPPORT
|
NEW BILLS
Bill #
|
Subject
|
Prime sponsor
|
Status
|
GOAL Position
|
HB 2325
|
Hunter ed training in
schools
|
Muri (R-28)
|
Pending
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 2354
|
Bans “assault weapons”
and certain magazines
|
Moeller (D-49)
|
Pending
|
OPPOSE
|
SB 6158
|
Firearm transfers at
non-profit events
|
Dammeier (R-25)
|
Pending
|
SUPPORT
|
SB 6165
|
Allows possession of
short barreled rifles
|
Takko (D-19)
|
Pending
|
SUPPORT
|
Key to abbreviations:S. =
Senate, H. = House, Jud = Judiciary, K-12 = Education, L&J = Law &
Justice, Trans = Transportation, W&M = Ways and Means
HEARING(S) SCHEDULED:
At this point there are no hearings scheduled on
firearm-related bills.
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!!!
1-800-562-6000TDD 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: 9-10 January
·
Monroe: 23-24 January
"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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