Once again, the state legislature has to go into overtime. Looks like this time they are consipring to raise yet more money for education. Funny how every year we pay more and more for that, and every year it seems to be even less sufficient...
But that's for a different series of posts...
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FROM: GOAL WA <goalwa@cox.net>
TO: undisclosed-recipients:
SENT: Fri 3/18/2016
5:56 PM
SUBJECT: GOAL Post 2016-11
Legislative Update
from Olympia, 18 March 2016
- FOUR BILLS STILL SIT ON GOVERNOR’S DESK
- BUDGET IMPASSE CONTINUES
The four
firearm-related bills passed by the legislature still sit on the governor’s
desk awaiting his action: sign into law, veto/partial veto, or allow to become
law without his signature.
House and Senate
budget conferees have been working inside that traditional smoke-filled back
room, but so far without results acceptable to both sides. Last year it took three special
sessions! The hang-up appears to be on
raises for school teachers – and how to pay for the raises.
BILL STATUS:
|
Bill #
|
Subject
|
Prime sponsor
|
Status
|
GOAL position on bill
|
|
SHB 2410
|
Felon gun registry
|
Hayes (R-10)
|
To governor
|
SUPPORT
|
|
2SHB 2793
|
Suicide awareness and prevention
|
Orwall (D-33)
|
To governor
|
SUPPORT
|
|
HB 2908
|
Use of force by peace
officers
|
Ryu (D-32)
|
To governor
|
NEUTRAL
|
|
SB 6165
|
Clarifies possession of
short barreled rifles
|
Takko (D-19)
|
To governor
|
SUPPORT
|
Key to
abbreviations: S. = Senate, H. = House,
Jud = Judiciary, L&J = Law & Justice, W&M = Ways & Means
HEARINGS 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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or to "goalwa@cox.net.". Please pass GOAL Post on to anyone you
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Upcoming WAC gun
show(s):
Puyallup 19-20 March
Monroe 2-3 April
For more information
about WAC, see: https://washingtonarmscollectors.org/
"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
Copyright 2016 Gun
Owners Action League of WA
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