Month: February 2017

GOAL Post 2017-8
Legislative Update from Olympia – 24 February 2017

TIME TO TRIM THE LIST
FISCAL COMMITTEE CUT-OFF PASSES
CHAMBER CUT-OFF NEXT UP
GUN BILLS PASS OUT OF SENATE
IT’S ALL ON THE FLOOR FOR NOW

In a week or two I’m going to trim the list of bills under consideration, deleting those that did not survive the committee or chamber. That will give us a more manageable list to follow. At the end of the session I’ll publish a session recap with the complete bill list.

The fiscal committee cut-off is tonight. All bills that needed fiscal approval and did not get it died. At this time it appears that HB 1270 and SB 5073 likely died in their respective fiscal committees. I’ll correct any changes next week. HBs 1501 and 1612 passed out to House Rules. At this point there are nine bills still left alive out of 34 originally filed.

The next major cut-off is in twelve days, March 8th, when all bills must pass out of their original chamber (House or Senate). We’ll likely see a handful of the remaining bills die at that point.

Two gun bills have successfully passed out of the Senate, to be taken up by the House after the 8 March chamber cut-off date. SB 2268 (CPL renewal notice) and SB5552 (expanded exceptions to I-594) both cleared the Senate on a 49-0 vote. Neither was controversial!

For the next ten days, all of the action will be on the chamber floors as bills are called up, debated, possibly amended, and then an up or down vote. Floor sessions are televised on TVWashington for the masochists on the GOAL list. And there should be a link on the legislative web site (leg.wa.gov).

(To give you an idea of the magnitude of a legislative session, more than 2,300 bills have been filed so far in this session. As stated before, many are filed, few receive action.)

BILL STATUS/GOAL POSITION:
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) H. Rules 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) H. Rules SUPPORT

HB 1529 Use of force
Ryu (D-32) DIED OPPOSE

HB 1592 Delivery of firearms to LEOs
Klippert (R) DIED. SUPPORT

2SHB 1612 Suicide prevention
Orwall (D-33) H. Rules 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:
No public hearings scheduled at this time.

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!!!

1-800-562-6000 TDD 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.

GET THE WORD OUT: If you want to subscribe to the GOAL Post by e-mail, send a message to “[email protected]”. Please pass GOAL Post on to anyone you believe may have an interest in protecting our rights. Better yet, make a couple of copies of this message, post it on your gun club’s bulletin board, and leave copies with your local gun shop(s). PERMISSION IS HEREBY GRANTED TO DUPLICATE OR REDISTRIBUTE GOAL POST PROVIDED IT IS REPRODUCED IN ITS ENTIRETY WITHOUT TEXTUAL MODIFICATION AND CREDIT IS GIVEN TO GOAL. I can be reached at “[email protected]” or by telephone at (425) 985-4867. Unfortunately, I am unable to mail hard copy GOAL Post to individuals. Limited numbers of hard copies MAY be available at the Second Amendment Foundation book table at WAC gun shows.

If you believe you have received this e-mail in error, please e-mail me at “[email protected]” with the words “Unsubscribe GOAL Post” in the subject line. I will remove your name immediately. Keep in mind GOAL Post is also published on several gun lists. If you received GP via a list, you must contact that list’s admin to unsubscribe.

Upcoming WAC gun show(s):
Puyallup 25-26 March
Puyallup 29-30 April

“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

Copyright 2017 Gun Owners Action League of WA

GOAL Post 2017-7
Legislative Update from Olympia – 17 February 2017

GOAL POST DISTRIBUTION ISSUES
NEW BILLS COVERED
POLICY COMMITTEE CUT-OFF PASSES, BILLS DIE
FISCAL COMMITTEE CUT-OFF NEXT FRIDAY
MOST ACTION SHIFTS TO THE FLOOR

GOAL Post 2017-6 was published last Friday, but apparently did not receive complete distribution.

I’ve been publishing GOAL Post since 2000, primarily in direct e-mail format through my home ISP. As the subscriber list grew, I broke it up into segments of about 200 names each. Every Friday night during session, no problem. Compose message, hit “send” button, and it magically goes out of my mailbox into yours. Try wagoal.org or on Facebook its Gun Owners Action League of Washington.

Until last Friday, when all of the batches were kicked back, theoretically as spam I will continue to try e-mail, but I’m working on alternatives, among them, posting GOAL Post on the web pages of the Washington Arms Collectors and the Washington State Rifle & Pistol Association. About 18 months ago, a friend and co-worker created a “GOAL” web site which I never paid much attention to, as he merely posted the current GOAL Post during session. Unfortunately he passed away last year, and at this point I cannot access the site.

Two more bills I should have been tracking deal with firearms in the broader sense, but do not come under RCW 9.41, our state’s firearms code. HB 1270, by Rep. Harmsworth (R-43) encourages voluntary use of firearm locking devices by offering a tax saving. A similar law waiving the sales tax on gun safes was passed nearly 20 years ago. HB 1612, by Rep. Orwall (D-33) expands on the suicide prevention program initiated last year, and supported by gun rights organizations. Both bills are still alive.

Tonight is the first major cut-off day, when all bills must pass out of their policy committee. Those that are not moving forward are most likely dead for the session. That’s about 2/3 of them, good or bad. The “Bill Status” column below shows the current status for each bill we’re tracking. Basically, if it doesn’t have a position in Rules or a fiscal committee, it’s dead for the session.

Remember, nothing is really “dead” until the fat lady sings, on April 23rd. While rare, extraordinary action may be taken to revive a bill, or even file a new one.

The good news is that Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s flagship bills banning and/or registering so-called “assault weapons” all died in committee. They tried to salvage the registration bill in the House by watering it down, narrowing the definition of “assault weapon,” deleting magazines, eliminating the annual licensing, etc, but even that couldn’t get the required votes to get out. Stand by for an initiative. The House version of the safe storage bill DID pass, but in amended and watered down form. It’s still a bad bill, as well as totally unnecessary – current reckless endangerment law already covers the topic. Unfortunately almost all pro-gun bills died as well.

Bills that have a significant fiscal impact have an additional week to pass out of one of the fiscal committees. That cut-off is next Friday. Keep in mind this is the biennial budget year, and if they fail to pass a budget, we could be looking at one or more special sessions, as happened a couple of years ago.

The next critical cut-off is March 8th, when bills must pass out of their original chamber (House bills out of the House, Senate bills out of the Senate). If they don’t make the cut, they’re nominally dead. Most action will be on the chamber (House or Senate) floor, where bills will be debated and passed… or not. After March 8th, those bills that passed out of their original chamber will go through the same process – on the other side: committee hearing and possible action, fiscal committee action if required, then into the Rules committees while awaiting a full chamber (floor) vote.

All bills considered on the floor are subject to a roll call vote. Because of their numbers (98 members), the House does it by machine – a quick red-green machine vote, called the Christmas tree (probably the only politically correct Christmas tree in the capitol). The Senate, with only 49 members, does it the old fashioned way – a roll call voice vote.

(To give you an idea of the magnitude of a legislative session, nearly 2,300 bills have been filed so far in this session. As stated before, many are filed, few receive action.)

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

SHB 1100 CPL renewal notice
Blake (D-19) H. Rules
SUPPORT

SHB 1122 Safe storage of firearms
Kagi (D-32) H. Rules
OPPOSE

HB 1134 Assault weapon ban
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 1270 Encouraging voluntary use of locking devices
Harmswqorth (R-44) H. Fis
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 1501 Illegal purchase of firearms
Hansen (D-23) H. Rules
SUPPORT

HB 1529 Use of force
Ryu (D-32) DIED
OPPOSE

HB 1592 Delivery of firearms to LEOs
Klippert (R) H. Jud.
SUPPORT

HB 1612 Suicide prevention
Orwall (D-33) H. Aprop
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) S. W&M
OPPOSE

SB 5216 Firearm safety education in schools
O’Ban (R-28) DIED
SUPPORT

SB 5268 CPL renewal notice
Takko (D-19) S. Rules
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) S. Rules
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, Fis = Fiscal, W&M = Ways & Means “S” before a bill number indicates Substitute (amended).

PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED:
No public hearings scheduled at this time, but in all likelihood HB 1270 will go to House Fiscal and HB 1612 to House Appropriations.

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!!!
1-800-562-6000 TDD 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.

GET THE WORD OUT: If you want to subscribe to the GOAL Post by e-mail, send a message to “[email protected]”. Please pass GOAL Post on to anyone you believe may have an interest in protecting our rights. Better yet, make a couple of copies of this message, post it on your gun club’s bulletin board, and leave copies with your local gun shop(s). PERMISSION IS HEREBY GRANTED TO DUPLICATE OR REDISTRIBUTE GOAL POST PROVIDED IT IS REPRODUCED IN ITS ENTIRETY WITHOUT TEXTUAL MODIFICATION AND CREDIT IS GIVEN TO GOAL. I can be reached at “[email protected]” or by telephone at (425) 985-4867. Unfortunately, I am unable to mail hard copy GOAL Post to individuals. Limited numbers of hard copies MAY be available at the Second Amendment Foundation book table at WAC gun shows.

If you believe you have received this e-mail in error, please e-mail me at “[email protected]” with the words “Unsubscribe GOAL Post” in the subject line. I will remove your name immediately. Keep in mind GOAL Post is also published on several gun lists. If you received GP via a list, you must contact that list’s admin to unsubscribe.

Upcoming WAC gun show(s):

Monroe 18-19 February
Puyallup 25-26 March

“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

Copyright 2017 Gun Owners Action League of WA

GOAL Post 2017-6
Legislative Update from Olympia – 10 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 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 S
hea (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 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) 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 (D-27) 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) 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!!!

1-800-562-6000 TDD 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.

GET THE WORD OUT: If you want to subscribe to the GOAL Post by e-mail, send a message to “[email protected]”. Please pass GOAL Post on to anyone you believe may have an interest in protecting our rights. Better yet, make a couple of copies of this message, post it on your gun club’s bulletin board, and leave copies with your local gun shop(s). PERMISSION IS HEREBY GRANTED TO DUPLICATE OR REDISTRIBUTE GOAL POST PROVIDED IT IS REPRODUCED IN ITS ENTIRETY WITHOUT TEXTUAL MODIFICATION AND CREDIT IS GIVEN TO GOAL. I can be reached at “[email protected]” or by telephone at (425) 985-4867. Unfortunately, I am unable to mail hard copy GOAL Post to individuals. Limited numbers of hard copies MAY be available at the Second Amendment Foundation book table at WAC gun shows.

If you believe you have received this e-mail in error, please e-mail me at “[email protected]” with the words “Unsubscribe GOAL Post” in the subject line. I will remove your name immediately. Keep in mind GOAL Post is also published on several gun lists. If you received GP via a list, you must contact that list’s admin to unsubscribe.

Upcoming WAC gun show(s):
Monroe 18-19 February
Puyallup 25-26 March

“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

Copyright 2017 Gun Owners Action League of WA

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.

BILL 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 ban
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. O
PPOSE

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) 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) H. Trans.
NEUTRAL

HB 1933 Transfer of firearms at non-profit events
Walsh (R) 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)) 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) 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:

7 Feb House Judiciary
House Hearing Room “A” John L. O’Brien Bldg
10:00 a.m. HB 1731

9 Feb House Appropriations
House Hearing Room “A” John L. O’Brien Bldg
3:30 p.m. HB 1100

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!!!
1-800-562-6000 TDD 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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