Again, I stumbled home from work early Saturday morning and stumbled right into bed, so Joe's latest is a day and a half late.
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FROM: GOAL WA goalwa@cox.net
TO: undisclosed-recipients:
SENT: Fri 2/3/2017 5:37 PM
SUBJECT: GOAL Post 2017-5
Legislative Update from
Olympia 3 February 2017
- NEW BILLS FILED
- PUBLIC HEARINGS HELD
- PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED
- ACTION ON BILL(S) – OR LACK THEREOF
A few new gun bills were
introduced this week. HB 1592, by Rep.
Klippert (R-8) waives the handgun delivery waiting period for active
commissioned police officers as currently exists for CPL holders. Long overdue. HB 1900, by Rep. Griffey (R-35)
authorizes issue of a special “NRA” license plate to help fund hunter education
programs. HB 1933, by Rep. Rep. Walsh
(R-19) waives the I-594 background check requirement for firearms transferred
via a not-for-profit activity such a Friends of NRA or Ducks Unlimited.
(Note on HB 1900: The current listed position on HB 1900 is
“neutral.” Not because I oppose funding hunter ed or have a problem with the
NRA – I have been a life member of that organization for several decades – but
that I believe we would be better served by a plate that recognizes the Second
Amendment to the Bill of Rights as broader and more inclusive. I would also add that we have two national
gun rights organizations based right here in Washington – why single out just
the NRA? Disclosure: I have worked for both SAF and CCRKBA, and I
have been an NRA election volunteer coordinator and certified firearms safety
instructor.)
Correction: HB 1100 (renewal notice for CPL) now sits in
House Appropriations awaiting a determination of fiscal impact and a committee
vote.
Public hearings were held on
several bills last week. Of particular
interest was the hearing in House Judiciary conducted on February 2nd. Historically, pro-gun individuals out number
anti-gunners at these events. It appears
the other side has noticed this and went out of their way to make a strong
showing on Thursday. They wore orange
and filled the room early, effectively hogging the camera coverage. We need to do better, gang. I was also told that there were a couple of
buses, including one school bus, parked outside that may have carried these
individuals to Olympia, also not a new tactic of the left. A similar incident occurred in Tallahassee,
Florida, last week, when dozens of women wearing “Everytown for Gun Safety”
orange t-shirts crammed a gun bill hearing.
Funny thing, when the hearing ended, the women were seen turning their
t-shirts over to a few League of Women Voters “volunteers.” “Everytown” is a Michael Bloomberg front group
and LWV never met a gun control bill they did not support.
Public hearings are scheduled
next week on HB 1100 (CPL renewal notice) and HB 1731 (exceptions to
I-594). Details below.
HB 1384 (Sexual force
protection order) was amended in committee to allow for a rehearing to end or
limit the court order. It passed out of
committee on a 12-1 vote and moves to House Rules, the “holding pattern” for a
full floor vote. The bill is still
offensive in that it puts the burden of proof on the accused to show he/she
poses no threat.
SB 5260 (CPL renewal notice)
passed out of Senate Law & Justice and now awaits a call to the Senate
floor out of Rules.
Note that just as which bills
are heard by a committee is solely at the discretion of the committee chair, so
is the decision to call a bill up for a committee vote. With two weeks left until the first (policy
committee) cut-off, most bills have not been scheduled for a hearing. We may see a last-week rush, we may not. This is where your contact with legislators
is important – to push to hear a bill or block it – grassroots lobbying at its
best.
BILLS/STATUS: {After the jump}
|
Bill#
|
Subject
|
Sponsor
|
Status
|
GOAL 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. Aprop
|
SUPPORT
|
|
HB 1122
|
Safe storage of firearms
|
Kagi (D-32)
|
H. Jud.
|
OPPOSE
|
|
HB 1134
|
Assault weapon
|
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
|
|
HB 1380
|
Repeals I-594
|
Shea (R-4)
|
H. Jud.
|
SUPPORT
|
|
HB 1381
|
Universal recognition of
all state CPLs
|
Blake (D-19)
|
H. Jud.
|
SUPPORT
|
|
HB 1384
|
Sexual force protection
order
|
Goodman (D-45)
|
H. Jud.
|
OPPOSE
|
|
HB 1387
|
Assault weapons background
check
|
Jinkins (D-27)
|
H. Jud.
|
OPPOSE
|
|
HB 1388
|
Bans firearm possession in cannabis
shops
|
Cody (D-34)
|
H.HC
|
NEUTRAL
|
|
HB 1483
|
Allows destruction of
forfeited firearms
|
Lovick (D-44)
|
H. Jud.
|
OPPOSE
|
|
HB 1501
|
Illegal purchase of
firearms
|
Hansen (D-23)
|
H. Jud.
|
SUPPORT
|
|
HB 1529
|
Use of force
|
Ryu (D-32)
|
H. PubSaf
|
OPPOSE
|
|
HB 1592
|
Deliver of firearms to LEOs
|
Klippert (R-8)
|
H. Jud.
|
|
|
HB 1725
|
I-594 check exemption for
CPL holders
|
Koster (R-44)
|
H. Jud.
|
SUPPORT
|
|
HB 1731
|
Certain exemptions to I-594
|
Jinkins (D27)
|
H. Jud.
|
SUPPORT
|
|
HB 1900
|
Hunter ed funding/NRA
license plates
|
Griffey (R-35)
|
H. Trans.
|
NEUTRAL
|
|
HB 1933
|
Transfer of firearms at
non-profit events
|
Walsh (R-19)
|
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
|
|
SB 5216
|
Firearm safety education in
schools
|
O’Ban (R-28)
|
S. K-12
|
SUPPORT
|
|
SB 5256
|
Sexual force protection
order
|
Fain (R-47)
|
S. L&J
|
OPPOSE
|
|
SB 5259
|
Bans firearm possession in
cannabis shops
|
Rivers (R-18)
|
S. HC
|
NEUTRAL
|
|
SB 5268
|
CPL renewal notice
|
Takko (D-19)
|
S. Rules
|
SUPPORT
|
|
SB 5441
|
Involuntary freeze on
firearm possession
|
Kuderer (D-48)
|
S. L&J
|
OPPOSE
|
|
SB 5444
|
Background check for
“assault weapons”
|
Frockt (D-46)
|
S. L&J
|
OPPOSE
|
|
SB 5463
|
Mandatory safe storage of
firearms
|
Palumbo (D-1)
|
S. L&J
|
OPPOSE
|
|
SB 5506
|
Transfer of firearms at non-profit
events
|
Zeiger (R-25)
|
S. L&J
|
SUPPORT
|
|
SB 5552
|
Certain exemptions to I-594
|
Pedersen (D-43)
|
S. L&J
|
SUPPORT
|
|
SB 5553
|
Suicidal, waiver of rights
|
Pedersen (D-43)
|
S. L&J
|
NEUTRAL
|
S. L&J = Senate Law &
Justice, H. Jud = House Judiciary, H. PubSaf = House Public Safety, S. HC =
Senate Health Care, H. K-12 = House Early education, H. HC = House Health Care,
Aprop = Appropriations
PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED:
|
Date
|
Time
|
Room
|
Building
|
Subject
|
|
|
7 Feb
|
10:00 AM
|
House Judiciary
|
House Hearing Room “A”
|
John L. O’Brien Bldg
|
HB 1731
|
|
9 Feb
|
3:30 PM
|
House Appropriations
|
House Hearing Room “A”
|
John L. O’Brien Bldg
|
HB 1100
|
LEGISLATIVE HOT LINE: You may reach your Representatives and
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OTHER DATA: Copies of pending legislation (bills),
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