GOAL Post 2017-11

Late again, mea culpa. Frankly, I was exhausted. More on that in a few days.

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FROM: GOAL WA goalwa@cox.net {Joe Waldron}

TO: undisclosed recipients

SENT: Fri 3/17/2017 1:32 PM

SUBJECT: GOAL Post2017-11

Legislative Update from Olympia17 March 2017

• SECOND HALF OF SESSION BEGINS
• ONE BILL MOVES
• BILLS SCHEDULED FOR HEARINGS
• SECOND CHAMBER POLICY COMMITTEE CUT-OFF

The committee hearing/vote/floor session cycle has started all over again, after the 8 March original chamber cut-off. As House bills move through the Senate and vice versa, the next critical cut-off date is Wednesday, 29 March -- nearly two weeks off. The second half of the long session is off to a slow start. Of the five gun bills we are tracking, two had public hearings (1612 and 5268) and one passed out of committee (5552).

Senate Bill 5552, relaxing SOME of the background checks under I-594, passed out of 5552 amended and out of the House Judiciary Committee on what appeared to be a unanimous a voice vote on Wednesday. The bill was amended in committee to add firearms loaned to veterans color guards to the list of background check exemptions.

Recall this is the bill that COULD be amended to add CPL holders to the exemption list. That would change it from minor tweaks to a major pro-gun bill. But that’s going to take pressure from constituents. The bill can be further amended on the House floor at the end of March/early April..

At this point, two bills (1100, 1501) are scheduled for public hearings and an executive session for 5268. Details below.

BILL#	Topic	SPONSOR	STATUS	GOAL POSITION:
SHB 1100	CPL renewal notice	Blake (D-19)	S. L&J	SUPPORT
HB 1501	Illegal purchase of firearms	Hansen (D-23)	S. L&J	SUPPORT
2SHB 1612	Suicide prevention	Orwall (D-33)	S. HumSer	SUPPORT
SB 5268	CPL renewal notice	Takko (D-19)	H. Jud.	SUPPORT
SB 5552	Certain exemptions to I-594	Pedersen (D-43)	H. Rules	SUPPORT

L&J = Law & Justice, Jud = Judiciary, HumSer = Human Services, Aprop = Appropriations, Fin = Finance, W&M = Ways & Means; “S” before a bill number indicates Substitute (amended).

PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED:

21 Mar  Senate Law & Justice Senate Hearing Room “4“John A. Cherberg Bldg 10:00 a.m. HB 1100

22 Mar House Judiciary House Hearing Room “A”John L. O’Brien Bldg 8:00 a.m.SB 5268(executive session)

23 Mar  Senate Law & Justice Senate Hearing Room “4”John L. O’Brien Bldg 10:00 a.m.SB 1501

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). Each bill’s web page contains a link to any public hearing at the bottom of the page.

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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