GOAL Post 2016-4
Legislative Update from Olympia – 29 January 2016
MISSED HB 2410
NEW GUN BILLS FILED
PUBLIC HEARINGS HELD
PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED
ACTION ON BILLS
FIRST POLICY COMMITTEE CUT-OFF NEXT FRIDAY
(Same deal as last week. I’m on the road to Jacksonville, FL, for the annual meeting of the Florida Sport Shooting Association. The information cut-off is once again Thursday night vice Friday. )
Last week while I was at SHOT in Las Vegas I missed one gun bill, HB 2410, b y Rep. Hayes (R-10). HB 2410 amends the existing “felon firearm registry” to mandate inclusion of a convicted felon’s name (or someone found not guilty by reason of insanity) in that list. Under current law, inclusion is a judgment call, based on the circumstances involved, of the court. Rep. Hayes has informed me that he has an amendment to his bill to narrow the mandate to those convicted of violent felonies, not I-594-style technical violators. GOAL position on the bill is SUPPORT WHEN AMENDED. ––
HB 2867, by Rep. Scott (R-39), would allow CPL holders to carry concealed firearms on college campuses. HB 2893, by Rep. Kuderer (D-48) is another bill trying to use mental health to ban guns. HB 2907, by Rep. Moscoso (D-1) narrows the existing use of force by peace officer (and those assisting peace officers) law. HB 2913, by Rep. Gregerson (D-33) would allow suspension of various state-issued licenses for failure to pay court-ordered child support. (Recall your history lessons about debtor’s prisons back in the 1600s-1700s – can’t pay the bill, go to jail. Suspending a professional license will sure help child support payments. )SB 6603, by Sen. Fain (R-47) is a companion bill to HB 2793, addressing suicide awareness and prevention. SB 6621, Sen. Fraser (D-22) creates a task force to study policing and use of deadly force.
Public hearings were held this week on several bills: SBs 6158, 6165 and 1267 and HBs 2410, 2793, and 2603. Next step is for the committee chair to schedule a vote in committee in executive session. If the bill is voted out of committee, it moves to the Rules committee awaiting a floor vote, or to a fiscal committee if it has major fiscal impact. The decision to move a bill out of committee rests with the committee chair. He or she may call for a vote, or they may sit on it.
Two public hearings are scheduled next week on gun bills. HB 2913, by Rep. Gregerson (D-33) will be heard in House Judiciary at 8 a. m. on Wednesday, 3 February. HB 2907, by Rep. Moscoso (D-1) will be heard in House Public Safety at 1: 30 p. m. on Wednesday, 3 February as well
Next Friday, 5 February, is the cut-off for bills to pass out of their first policy committee (most gun bills out of House Judiciary or Senate Law & Justice). Theoretically, bills that do not move on through the process are considered dead for the session (subject to extraordinary action, rarely). That means most of the bills on the “active” list will drop out and we can narrow our focus, as well as support for or opposition to a narrower number of bills.
2016 Legislative Session
Bill # Position |
Subject | Prime Sponsor | Status |
HB 1119 OPPOSE |
Hunter education issues | Blake (D-19) | H Ag |
HB 1191 SUPPORT | CPL Renewal Notices | Taylor (R-15) | H. Aprop. |
HB 1193 SUPPORT |
Prohibiting gun owner data base | Taylor (R-15) | H Jud |
HB 1245 SUPPORT |
Repeals I-594 | Shea (R-4) | H Jud |
HB 1324 SUPPORT |
Codifies castle doctrine and stand your ground | Shea (R-4) | H Jud |
HB 1433 SUPPORT |
Modifies Gun Free School Zone law | Scott (R-38) | H Jud |
HB 1442 SUPPORT |
Exp. economic development via firearms/ammo | G. Hunt (R-2) | H Jud |
HB 1474 SUPPORT |
Defense against animal attack | Taylor (R-15) | H Jud |
HB 1506 SUPPORT |
Exempts security guard transfers from I-594 | Kirby (D-29) | H Jud |
HB 1521 SUPPORT |
Returns NICS “delay” to three days (I-594) | Taylor (R-15) | H Jud |
HB 1533 SUPPORT |
Exempts guns loaned to museums from I-594 | Van Werven (R-42) | H Jud |
HB 1535 SUPPORT |
Exempts active LEOs from waiting period | Klippert (R-8) | H Jud |
HB 1594 OPPOSE |
Imitation firearms | Wylie (D-49) | H Jud |
HB 1692 OPPOSE |
Imitation firearms | Wylie (D-49) | H Jud |
HB 1713 OPPOSE |
Mental health/guns | Cody (D-34) | H Rules |
HB 1722 OPPOSE |
Short barreled rifles | Hayes (R-10) | H Jud |
HB 1747 OPPOSE |
Safe storage of firearms | Kagi (D-32) | H Jud |
HB 1857 OPPOSE |
Extreme protective orders | Jinkins (D-27) | H. Aprop. |
HB 1886 SUPPORT |
Repeals I-594 by popular vote | Hunt (R-2) | H Jud |
HB 2031 SUPPORT |
Tax exemption for firearm safety devices | Harmsworth (R-44) | H Jud |
HB 2088 SUPPORT |
Lowers age for CPL from 21 to 18 | Shea (R-4) | H Jud |
HB 2089 SUPPORT |
Expands CPL reciprocity; lowers age to 18 | Shea (R-4) | H Jud |
HB 2164 SUPPORT |
Broad list of exceptions to I-594 background checks | Shea (R-4) | H Jud |
HB 2325 SUPPORT |
Requires superintendent of public instruction to develop gun safety & hunter ed HS course. | Muri (R-28) | H. Edu |
HB 2354 OPPOSE |
Ban “Assault Weapons”, Normal Magazines | Moeller (D-49) | H Jud |
HB 2372 OPPOSE |
Mandatory destruction of firearms held by law enforcement agencies | Senn (D-41) | H Jud |
HB 2374 OPPOSE |
Mandatory destruction of firearms held by law enforcement agencies | Senn (D-41) | H Jud |
HB 2410 SUPPORT WHEN AMENDED |
Firearm Felony Registry | Hayes (R-10) |
H Jud |
HB 2460 OPPOSE |
Crippling Preemption | Walkingshaw (D-43) |
H Jud |
HB 2461 OPPOSE |
Extreme Risk Protection Orders | Jinkins (D-43) |
H Jud |
HB 2481 SUPPORT |
Short-Barreled Rifles | Blake (D-19) |
H Jud |
HB 2514 SUPPORT |
NRA License Plate Hunter Ed Funding |
Griffey (R-35) |
H Trans |
HB 2553 SUPPORT |
Possession of arms/state of emergency | Wilson (R-17) | H Jud |
HB 2603 OPPOSE |
Mental health & guns | Kuderer (D-48) |
H Jud |
HB 2653 OPPOSE |
Smart Guns | Cody (D-34) |
H. Fin |
HB 2712 SUPPORT |
Use of force in self-defense | Wilson (R-17) |
H Jud |
HB 2738 OPPOSE |
Require permission to bring a concealed firearm into a home. |
S. Hunt (D-22) |
H Jud |
HB 2793 SUPPORT? |
Suicide Awareness & Prevention |
Orwall (D-33) |
H Jud |
HB 2794 SUPPORT? |
Initial Detention Determination |
Orwall (D-33) |
H Jud |
HB 2814 SUPPORT |
Areas for shooting sports under GMA |
Klippert (R-8) |
H Local Gov’t. |
HB 2836 OPPOSE |
Mandating Liability Insurance for Firearms |
Farrell (D-46) |
H Jud |
HB 2867 SUPPORT |
Campus Carry |
Scott (R-39) |
H Jud |
HB 2893 OPPOSE |
Mental Health/Guns |
Kuderer (D-48) |
H Jud |
HB 2907 OPPOSE |
Use of Force by Peace Officers, Those Assisting |
Moscoso (D-1) |
H Pub Saf |
HB 2913 OPPOSE |
License Suspension/Child Support |
Gregerson (D-33) |
H Jud |
SSB 5036 NEUTRAL |
Penalizes criminal misuse of body armor | O’Ban (R-28) |
S. Rules |
SB 5476 SUPPORT |
Exempts active LEOs from waiting period | Dammeier (R-25) | S L&J |
SB 5500 SUPPORT |
Allows retired LEOs to carry on school grounds | Roach (R-31) |
S. Rules |
SB 5539 SUPPORT |
Exempts LEO’s from three day waiting period | Roach (R-31) |
S. Rules |
SSB 5579 SUPPORT |
Exempts licensed scty guards from b/g checks | Dammeier (R-25) | S. Rules |
SB 5615 SUPPORT |
Exempts military members from b/g checks | Benton (R-17) |
S. Rules |
SB 5643 OPPOSE |
Mental health/guns | O’Ban (R-28) |
S Ment Hlth |
SB 5658 NEUTRAL |
Reporting of mental health commitment | Dansel (R-7) |
S. Rules |
SB 5727 OPPOSE |
Extreme protective orders | Frockt (D-46) |
S L&J |
SB 5789 OPPOSE |
Safe storage of firearms | Kohl-Welles (D-36) | S L&J |
SB 5831 SUPPORT |
Restoration of firearm rights | Honeyford (R-15) | S. Rules |
SB 6015 SUPPORT |
NRA license plate | Roach (R-31) |
S. Rules |
SB 6158 SUPPORT |
Transfer of firearms at nonprofit fund-raisers. | Dammeier (R-25) | S L&J |
SB 6165 SUPPORT |
Short Barrel Rifles |
Takko (D-19) |
S L&J |
SB 6267 SUPPORT |
CPL Expiration Notice |
Schoesler (R-9) |
S L&J |
SB 6310 OPPOSE |
Safe Storage |
Jayapal (D-37) |
S L&J |
SB 6351 OPPOSE |
Crippling Preemption |
Habib (D-48) |
S L&J |
SB 6352 OPPOSE |
Extreme Risk Protection Orders |
Frockt (D-46) |
S L&J |
SB 6487 SUPPORT |
Use of Force, Immunity |
Becker (R-2) |
S L&J |
SB 6515 SUPPORT |
Hunter Ed Elective in Schools |
O’Ban (R-28) |
S K-12 |
SB 6603 SUPPORT |
Suicide Awareness and Prevention |
Fain (R-47) |
S HumSer |
SB 6621 SUPPORT |
Policing/use of deadly force task force |
Fraser (D-22) |
Unassigned |
Key to abbreviations:S. = Senate, H. = House, Jud = Judiciary, K-12 =
Education, L&J = Law & Justice, Trans = Transportation, W&M = Ways and Means
HEARING(S) SCHEDULED:
HB 2913 03 February OPPOSE |
House Judiciary 8:00 a.m. |
House Hearing Room A | John L. O’Brien Office Bldg |
HB 2907 03 February OPPOSE |
House Public Safety 1:30 p.m. |
House Hearing Room D | John L. O’Brien Office Bldg |
Key to abbreviations:S. = Senate, H. = House, Jud = Judiciary, K-12 =
Education, L&J = Law & Justice, Trans = Transportation, W&M = Ways and Means
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