GOAL Post 2017-2

This week's GOAL Post is posted a day late because I was too tired to post it when I got home from work this morning.

As usual, I have made minor formatting changes for ease of reading on the blog.

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FROM: GOAL WA (Joe Waldron, jwaldron@halcyon.com )

TO: undisclosed recipients

SENT: Fri 1/13/2017 5:32 PM

SUBJECT: GOAL Post 2017-2

GOAL Post 2017-2, Legislative Update from Olympia13 January 2017

• GUN RIGHTS RALLY
• NO CUT-OFF CALENDAR YET
• GUN BILLS FILED
• PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED
• GOAL POST LATE NEXT WEEK

A gun rights rally was conducted by the Gun Rights Coalition on the Capitol Campus this morning, with more than 100 activists braving frigid weather to attend. That appears to be a far better turnout that the group that attended the Attorney General’s gun control event a while back. But that’s no surprise – once you light a fire under gun owners – usually by threatening them with draconian legislation, they rise up and let their voices be heard.

Representatives of both political parties attended and spoke to the crowd, with Rep. Matt Shea (R-4) telling the audience he would file a bill to reverse the effect of I-594, the universal background check initiative passed two years ago. Two years must elapse before the legislature can amend an initiative.

“Cut-off dates” are those dates established at the beginning of a session by which bills must clear certain hurdles. As a general rule, bills that do not pass that particular gate are considered dead for the session, although exceptions can be made. At this point the 2017 Regular Session cut-off dates have not been adopted.

SB 5050, by Sen. David Frockt (D-46) is Attorney General Ferguson’s bill banning the possession and sale of so-called “assault weapons".
SB5073 by Sen. John McCoy (D-38) implements recommendations from a joint legislative task force regarding the use of force by police officers.
HB1100, by Rep. Brian Blake (D-19) requires the Department of Licensing to mail a renewal notice to concealed pistol license holders 90 days before the date of expiration.
HB1122, by Rep. Ruth Kagi (D-22) provides up to felony penalties for failure to secure firearms and introduces the new term “community endangerment.
HB1134, by Rep. Strom Peterson (D-21) is the House counterpart to SB 5050, the Attorney General’s assault weapon ban bill.
HB 1181, by Rep. Brian Blake (D-19) would prohibit the Department of Licensing from retaining records of handguns purchased at retail or reported to the state by Federal Firearms Licensees.
HB 1190, by Rep. Matt Shea (R-4) is essentially a simpler and more straightforward version of HB 1181.

HB 1100, requiring the Department of Licensing to mail renewal notices to CPL holders 90 days prior to expiration will be discussed in a public hearing in House Judiciary at 10:00 a.m. on 17 January.

Next week’s edition of the GOAL Post will likely come out on Saturday or Sunday evening as I will be working the annual SHOT (Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trades) show in Las Vegas next week.

BILL STATUS:

Bill Number	Description	Sponsor	Status	Position
HB 1000	Use of deadly force	Doglio (D-22)	H. Jud.	OPPOSE
HB 1004	Possession of firearms/state of emergency	Shea (R-4)	H. Jud.	SUPPORT
HB 1015	Limiting restrictions on concealed carry	Shea (R-4)	H. Jud.	SUPPORT
HB 1100	CPL renewal notice	Blake (D-19)	H. Jud.	SUPPORT
HB 1122	Safe storage of firearms	Kagi (D-32)	H. Jud.	OPPOSE
HB 1134	Assault weapon ban	Peterson	H. Jud.	OPPOSE
HB 1181	Prohibiting handgun sales registry	Blake (D-19)	H. Jud.	SUPPORT
HB 1190	Prohibiting handgun sales registry	Taylor (R-15)	H. Jud.	SUPPORT
SB 5000	Use of deadly force	McCoy (D-38)	S. L&J	OPPOSE
SB 5050	Assault weapon ban	Frockt (D-3)	S. L&J	OPPOSE
SB 5073	Use of force	McCoy (D-38)	S. L&J	OPPOSE

H. Jud. = House Judiciary, S. L&J = Senate Law & Justice

PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED:

17 Jan: House Judiciary. House hearing Rm “A” John L. O’Brien Bldg, 10:00 a.m. HB 1100

At this point, most of the Senate Law & Justice committee meetings are marked “bills to be determined,” so I can’t forecast any gun bill hearings at this time.

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):

Monroe21-22 January

Puyallup04-05 February

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Article 1, Section 24

Constitution of the State of Washington

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