I do want to point out that several of the pro-Second amendment Rights bills are sponsored by Democrats. This is a trend that is more obvious at the state level, at least in WA.
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GOAL Post 2017-6
Legislative Update from Olympia10 February 2017
- NEW BILL(S) FILED
- DROPPING HB 1784/SB 52 56 FROM TRACKING
- POSITION CHANGE ON SB 5441
- NEED HELP ON HB 1933/SB 5506
- PUBLIC HEARINGS HELD
- PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED
- POLICY COMMITTEE CUT-OFF DATE NEXT FRIDAY,17 FEB
- ACTION ON BILLS
SB 5795, by Senator Chase (D-32), would mandate firearm
owners have personal liability insurance to purchase or possess any firearm. No
minimum coverage amount is specified, but you must show your policy to the FFL
to purchase a firearm.
After a deeper evaluation of HB 1384/SB 5256, I am
dropping them from the gun bill tracking list. As clarified, a “sexual assault
protection order” is separate and distinct from a domestic violence protection
order and is NOT to be used in lieu of a DV protection order. It does NOT
automatically prohibit firearm possession.
After consulting with law enforcement professionals, I am
changing the GOAL position on SB 5441 (involuntary freeze on firearm
possession) from “OPPOSE” to “NEUTRAL.” The “consultees” are both rock solid
pro-gun individuals with more than 60 years combined law enforcement
experience, most of it on the street.
Washington gun owners need a push on HB 1933 and SB 5506.These
bills would allow transfer of a firearm without I-594 background check at
non-profit events such as Ducks Unlimited or Friends of NRA dinners. HB 1933
has not been scheduled for a hearing in House Judiciary.SB 5506 was considered
in a public hearing but no executive session (committee vote) has been
scheduled. If no action is taken on these bills by next Friday (17 Feb), they
are dead for the session. Please call or
e-mail your Representatives and ask them to push HB 1933 in House Judiciary and
your Senator to push SB 5506 in Senate Law & Justice.
Public hearings were conducted last week on HB 1100, HB
1501 and HB 1731.No executive action (committee vote on HB 1100 yet. Executive
session (committee vote) on HBs 1501 and 1731 are scheduled for 16 Feb, along
with HBs 1122, 1387, 1529 and SB s 5506 and 5552.the last day to get bills out
of committee.
(After the hearings, and outside (state agency, other
public agency, private citizen) input is heard, the committee staff prepares a
“bill report” that describes the effect of the bill as submitted, a summary of
public testimony, and includes any amendments to the bill offered by
legislators. The bill next has to be scheduled for a vote (passage) in
executive session, by the committee chair. Once a vote is taken – IF a vote is
taken (not all bills heard get an up or down vote) -- the bill dies in
committee or moves on, either to the Rules committee awaiting a floor vote, or
to a fiscal committee for their review.)
A public hearing is scheduled for SB 5441 in Senate Law
& Justice on Thursday, 15 Feb at 1:30 p.m.
Next Friday is the original chamber policy committee
cut-off day, meaning all House Bills that have not passed out of their original
policy committee are (nominally) dead for the session, with the exception of
bills with a fiscal impact – they have an extra seven days to pass out of one
of the fiscal committees (Appropriations or Ways & Means). I threw the word
“nominally” in there because a bill CAN be resurrected after missing a cut-off,
but it’s extremely rare.
(Just for information, almost 2,200 bills have been filed
so far in this session. As stated before, many are filed, few receive action.)
{Bill details after the break}
Bill #
|
Description
|
Sponsor
|
BILL STATUS
|
GOAL POSITION:
|
HB 1000
|
Use of deadly force
|
Doglio (D-22)
|
H. PubSaf.
|
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 ban
|
Peterson (D-21)
|
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 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. Rules
|
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
|
Delivery of firearms to LEOs
|
Klippert (R-8)
|
H. Jud.
|
SUPPORT
|
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 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-)
|
S. L&J
|
NEUTRAL
|
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. Rules
|
SUPPORT
|
SB 5553
|
Suicidal, waiver of rights
|
Pedersen (D-43)
|
S. L&J
|
NEUTRAL
|
SB 5795
|
Mandatory firearm liability insurance
|
Chase (D-32)
|
S. L&J
|
OPPOSE
|
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:
15 Feb, Senate Human Services: Senate Hearing Room “2” John
A. Cherberg Bldg. 1:30 p.m.SB 5441
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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"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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