GOAL Post 2018-3

That time of the week again. 

There seems to be a glitch in the original text, in the third paragraph, dealing with new proposed legislation. It is present in the original text; if Joe posts a correction or errata I will fix it. There are also a couple of legislators whose districts are missing from the list of bills, ditto.

As usual, I have made minor edits to the text for punctuation or style, but have made no changes to the actual text.

I had a bit of an unintentional discharge while putting this one together,and accidentally launched what was barely even a draft, so if you get this blog through a feed service, you may have had two versions show up. Apologies.

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FROM: GOAL WA (Joe Waldron)

TO: undisclosed recipients

SENT: Fri 1/19/2018 2:34 PM

SUBJECT: GOAL Post 2018-3

Legislative Update from Olympia19 January 2018

• LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR CORRECTION
• 1/15 SENATE GUN BILL HEARING
• NEW GUN BILLS FILED
• PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED
• ACTION ON GUN BILLS
• KIRO TV POLL
• NOT ALL DEMOCRATS ARE OUR ENEMIES

The correct date of the Fiscal committee cut-off is 6 February, not 5 February as reported last week.

The first big gun bill hearing was conducted by Senate Law & Justice on Monday, 15 January. There was a turnout of several hundred on both sides, with two overflow rooms filled with attendees (unfortunately the pro-gun lobby doesn’t have a billionaire sugar daddy who provides neat highly visible t-shirts – but most of us DO have gun-related ball caps, club badges, pins, etc.) It was an amazing display of ignorance about guns and gun laws by the pro-gun control side. But that doesn’t stop them and their billionaire allies from pushing for every restriction they can get through the system. The bills heard in public testimony included SBs 592 (trigger devices),6049 (magazine ban), 5444 (modern sporting rifle registration), 5463 (safe storage) and 6146 (preemption repeal). The entire hearing can be viewed on TVWashington at https://www.tvw.org/watch/?eventID=2018011154.

Several new gun bills were filed this week... and one I missed last week! SB 6173, by Sen. Takko (D-19) is the counterpart of HB 2329 and strengthens privacy protections for CPL holders (our esteemed Attorney General wants to open CPL information to the public, as it was prior to 1993). HB 2422, by Rep. Peterson (D-21) is similar to SB 1049 and bans high capacity magazines… with exceptions. HB 2529 by Rep. Lovick (D-44) imposes the same background check (re-check requirement on CPLs that have been seized as previous law does was seized firearms, HB 2666, by Rep. Macri (D-43) is the companion bill to SB 6146, repealing state preemption of firearms regulation. SB 6298, by Sen. Dhingra (D-45), would add any conviction for domestic violence harassment to the list of violations forfeiting firearm rights. It’s bad enough that for more than ten years now we have been denying a fundamental, enumerated right to people convicted of what are essentially minor crimes. This is even more egregious I on that most domestic harassment cases consist of largely “he said-she said” testimony, and in today’s climate, the court usually errs on the side of the woman.

Two public hearings on gun bills will be conducted next week. At 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, 23 January, the Senate Law & Justice Committee will take testimony on SBs 6297 and 6298 (banning possession of firearms for those with a history of violence or who have been convicted of domestic harassment). At 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, 25 January, the House Judiciary Committee will take testimony on HBs 2519 (return of seized CPLs), 2293 (daycare firearm ban), 1387 (a/w registration), 2422 (hi-cap mag ban) and 2666 (preemption repeal). Again, a strong turn-out carries a message all its own. Better yet, if you can make it to Oly for the hearing, be sure to wear some clearly pro-gun item of clothing (not camouflage!) such as a ball cap, club membership badge, etc. (If you have prepared testimony, be sure to carry a spare copy with you and leave it with committee staff.)

SB 5992 (trigger devices) passed out of the Senate Law & Justice Committee on Tuesday and is now on the Senate floor calendar awaiting final passage from the Senate. They will likely vote on it next week.

A KIRO TV poll conducted earlier this week showed 66% of respondents do NOT support a ban on bump stocks. I went back a couple of days later to see if it had changed – and it HAD changed… it was pulled!

Not all Republicans are our friends, and not all Democrats are our enemies. The link below goes to a great article about two pro-gun Democrats (and yes, they are solidly pro-gun, as are a few others; I’ve worked closely with both of them for several years). http://tdn.com/news/local/takko-and-blake-could-scuttle-raft-of-gun-control-bills/article_f46063f4-f0e8-576a-928d-d32ba6060cfd.html

BILL NUMBER/SUBJECT/SPONSOR/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 1122	Safe storage of firearms	Kagi (D-32)	H. Rules	OPPOSE
HB 1134	Assault weapon ban	Peterson (D-21)	H. Jud.	OPPOSE
HB 1174	Firearm safety education in schools	Muri (R-28)	H. Edu	SUPPORT
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 1270	Encouraging voluntary use of locking devices	Harmsworth (R-44)	H. Fin.	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 1483	Allows destruction of forfeited firearms	Lovick (D-44)	H. Rules	OPPOSE
HB 1529	Use of force	Ryu (D-32)	H.Pub.Saf.	OPPOSE
HB 1592	Delivery of firearms to LEOs	Klippert (R-	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. Rules	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
HB 2136	Profits from seized firearms go to education fund	Taylor (R-15)	H. Jud	SUPPORT
HB 2293	Bans firearms in daycare facilities (exception)	Kagi (D-32)	H. Jud	OPPOSE
HB 2306	Allows licensed veterans to carry at Comm Coll	Van Werven (R-)	H. Jud.	SUPPORT
HB 2329	Strengthens law making CPL data private	Walsh (R-19)	H. Jud	SUPPORT
HB 2363	Drone delivery of firearms to offenders	Pellicciotti (D-30)	H. PubSaf	SUPPORT
HB 2422	Bans “high capacity” magazines	Peterson (D-21)	H. Jud.	OPPOSE
HB 2519	Return of seized CPLs	Lovick (D-44)	H. Jud.	NEUTRAL
HB 2666	Repeals state preemption of gun laws	Macri (D-43)	H. Jud.	OPPOSE
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. W&M	OPPOSE
SB 5216	Firearm safety education in schools	O’Ban (R-28)	S. K-12	SUPPORT
SB 5441	Involuntary freeze on firearm possession	Kuderer (D-)	S.HumSer	NEUTRAL
SB 5444	Background check for “assault weapons”	Frockt (D-46)	S. L&J	OPPOSE
SB 5463	Mandatory safe storage of firearms	Palumbo (D-	S. L&J	OPPOSE
SB 5506	Transfer of firearms at non-profit events	Zeiger (R-25)	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
SB 5992	Bans certain “trigger devices”	Van De Wege (D-24)	S. L&J	OPPOSE
SB 6049	Bans “high capacity” magazines	Frockt (D-3)	S. L&J	OPPOSE
SB 6146	Repeals state preemption of gun laws	Saldana (D-37)	S. L&J	OPPOSE
SB 6173	Strengthens law making CPL data private	Takko (R-19)	S. L&J	SUPPORT
SB 6297	Firearm possession with history of violence	Dhingra (D-45)	S. L&J	NEUTRAL
SB 6298	DV harassment firearm ban	Dhingra (D-45)	S. L&J	OPPOSE

 

HB = House bill, SB = Senate bill. 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).

HEARINGS SCHEDULED:

23 Jan Senate Law & Justice Hearing Room 4, John A. Cherberg Bldg 10:00 a.m. SBs 6297, 6298

25 Jan House Judiciary, Hearing Room “A” John L. O’Brien Bldg 1:30 p.m. HBs 2519, 2293, 1387, 2422, 2666

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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