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FROM: GOAL WA goalwa@cox.net
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SENT: Fri 3/3/2017 6:30 PM
SUBJECT: GOAL Post2017-9
Legislative Update from Olympia 3 March 2017
- HBs 1100, 1501 AND 1612 PASS HOUSE
- FOUR BILLS STILL AWAIT A VOTE
- CHAMBER CUT-OFF IS NEXT WEDNESDAY
- GRASSROOTS HELP NEEDED ON HB 1731
- PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR SB 5552
From a gun bill perspective, this has been a slow week. HB
1100 (CPL renewal notices) passed out of the House, but in amended form (the
Senate version, SB 5268) passed clean last week). That means the two versions
will have to be reconciled, either by one chamber accepting the other’s
language, or by a conference committee later in the session. HB1501 (reporting
of NICS denials) and HB 1612 also passed the House. All are headed for Senate
Law & Justice.
At week’s end, one other gun bill is on the House floor
calendar: HB1731 (I-594 tweaks). Three others, HBs 1122 and 1483, and SB 5506,
have yet to be placed on their respective (House or Senate) floor calendar. The
cut-off is next Wednesday, 8 March. Note that, historically, non-controversial
bills are generally moved first to “clear the deck” for those with major
disagreement.
As it sits right now, HB 1731, like SB 5222, makes some
minor tweaks to ease some of the background check burden imposed by I-594 by
adding a few more small exceptions to the requirement. An amendment to HB 1731,
proposed by retread (he previously served in the House from 1995-2001)
Representative John Koster (R-39) would make a significant change by allowing
transfers without background checks if both parties to the transaction were
Washington CPL holders.
The ATF has already acknowledged our CPL meets the
highest federal standard by designating Washington a “NICS Alternative state”
for federal checks (blocked by I-594), in addition to which it has passed by an
internal Washington state criminal history check plus a Dept of Social and
Health Services check. Plus CPL holders have a track record of good behavior,
something someone walking off the street into a gun shop may not have. This is
about the most common sense rationale you could use for a 594-waiver.If
pre-cleared individuals are not granted a waiver, this clearly demonstrates
that I-594 was not about background checks but about gun registration via FFL record-keeping (something “background check” supporters continue to deny,
admitted in public testimony in the Senate back in 1997 – “we want the audit
trail”).
Please contact your elected representatives ASAP and ask
them to support the Koster amendment to HB 1731. http://app.leg.wa.gov/districtfinder
or, if you know your district:
A public hearing is scheduled for SB 5552 ((limited I-594
exemptions) in House Judiciary on Thursday, March 9,This is the first of the gun
bills that passed out of one chamber to now start its way through the second. See
details below.
BILL#
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Subject
|
Sponsor
|
STATUS
|
GOAL POSITION:
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HB 1000
|
Use of deadly force
|
Doglio (D-22)
|
DIED
|
OPPOSE
|
HB 1004
|
Possession of firearms/state of emergency
|
Shea (R-4)
|
DIED
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 1015
|
Limiting restrictions on concealed carry
|
Shea (R-4)
|
DIED
|
SUPPORT
|
SHB 1100
|
CPL renewal notice
|
Blake (D-19)
|
Passed House
|
SUPPORT
|
SHB 1122
|
Safe storage of firearms
|
Kagi (D-32)
|
H. Rules
|
OPPOSE
|
HB 1134
|
Assault weapon ban
|
Peterson
|
DIED
|
OPPOSE
|
HB 1181
|
Prohibiting handgun sales registry
|
Blake (D-19)
|
DIED
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 1174
|
Firearm safety education in schools
|
Muri (R-28)
|
DIED
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 1190
|
Prohibiting handgun sales registry
|
Taylor (R-15)
|
DIED
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 1270
|
Encouraging voluntary use of locking devices
|
Harmsworth (R-44)
|
DIED
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 1380
|
Repeals I-594
|
Shea (R-4)
|
DIED
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 1381
|
Universal recognition of all state CPLs
|
Blake (D-19)
|
DIED
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 1387
|
Assault weapons background check
|
Jinkins (D-27)
|
DIED
|
OPPOSE
|
HB 1483
|
Allows destruction of forfeited firearms
|
Lovick (D-44)
|
H. Rules
|
OPPOSE
|
HB 1501
|
Illegal purchase of firearms
|
Hansen (D-23)
|
Passed House
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 1529
|
Use of force
|
Ryu (D-32)
|
DIED
|
OPPOSE
|
HB 1592
|
Delivery of firearms to LEOs
|
Klippert (R-39)
|
DIED
|
SUPPORT
|
2SHB 1612
|
Suicide prevention
|
Orwall (D-33)
|
Passed House
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 1725
|
I-594 check exemption for CPL holders
|
Koster (R-44)
|
DIED
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 1731
|
Certain exemptions to I-594
|
Jinkins (D27)
|
H. Rules
|
SUPPORT
|
HB 1900
|
Hunter ed funding/NRA license plates
|
Griffey (R-35)
|
DIED
|
NEUTRAL
|
HB 1933
|
Transfer of firearms at non-profit events
|
Walsh (R-19)
|
DIED
|
SUPPORT
|
SB 5000
|
Use of deadly force
|
McCoy (D-38)
|
DIED
|
OPPOSE
|
SB 5050
|
Assault weapon ban
|
Frockt (D-3)
|
DIED
|
OPPOSE
|
SB 5073
|
Use of force
|
McCoy (D-38)
|
DIED
|
OPPOSE
|
SB 5216
|
Firearm safety education in schools
|
O’Ban (R-28)
|
DIED
|
SUPPORT
|
SB 5268
|
CPL renewal notice
|
Takko (D-19)
|
Passed Senate
|
SUPPORT
|
SB 5441
|
Involuntary freeze on firearm possession
|
Kuderer (D-)
|
DIED
|
NEUTRAL
|
SB 5444
|
Background check for “assault weapons”
|
Frockt (D-46)
|
DIED
|
OPPOSE
|
SB 5463
|
Mandatory safe storage of firearms
|
Palumbo (D-
|
DIED
|
OPPOSE
|
SSB 5506
|
Transfer of firearms at non-profit events
|
Zeiger (R-25)
|
S. Rules
|
SUPPORT
|
SB 5552
|
Certain exemptions to I-594
|
Pedersen (D-43)
|
Passed Senate
|
SUPPORT
|
SB 5553
|
Suicidal, waiver of rights
|
Pedersen (D-43)
|
DIED
|
NEUTRAL
|
SB 5795
|
Mandatory firearm liability insurance
|
Chase (D-32)
|
DIED
|
OPPOSE
|
L&J = Law & Justice, Jud = Judiciary, PubSaf =
Public Safety, HC = Health Care, H. K-12 = House Early education, Aprop =
Appropriations, Fin = Finance, W&M = Ways & Means
“S” before a bill
number indicates Substitute (amended).
PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED:
9 Mar House Judiciary House Hearing Room “A”John L.
O’Brien Bldg 1:30 p.m.SB 5552
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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