GOAL Post 2016-8

Legislative Update from Olympia 26 February 2016

SECOND CHAMBER POLICY COMMITTEE CUT-OFF

ALL BILLS UNDER CONSIDERATION SURVIVE

GOAL POSITION ON HB 2908 CHANGES FROM OPPOSE TO NEUTRAL

TWO CUT-OFF DATES NEXT WEEK

TWO WEEKS LEFT IN SESSION

The second chamber (House bills in the Senate, Senate bill sin the House) policy committee cut-off was today. All of the firearm-related bills we are tracking passed their respective committee.

HBs 1713 and 2793 passed out of Senate Human Services and were sent to Senate Ways & Means for approval of funding. HBs 2410 and 2908 passed out of Senate Law & Justice and sent to Senate Rules for a floor vote. HB 2908 was amended to add pro-law enforcement organizations to the working group making recommendations on law enforcement use of deadly force. SB 6165 was amended in committee to clarify the language that assembling your own short-barreled rifle from separately purchased components is legal – provided you are using a legally registered (under the National Firearms Act) SBR receiver. Good clarification. SB 6267 passed to House Rules.

HB 2908 was amended in the Senate Law & Justice Committee today. Our position has changed from “oppose” to “neutral” now that rank-and-file law enforcement officers will be given a voice in the working group. The recommendations of this working group could ultimately lead the legislature to change the rules regarding the use of lethal force by all citizens of Washington.

Monday, 29 February is the second chamber fiscal committee cut-off. HBs 1713 and 2793 must pass Ways & Means Monday or die for the session. Friday, 4 March is the last day for bills to pass out of the second chamber, with the exception of those bills amended in the second chamber which must go back to the first chamber for a concurrence vote.

Two weeks remain in the 2016 regular legislative session. The session must end by midnight on Wednesday, 10 March.

2016 Legislative Session

Bill # Position	Subject	Prime Sponsor	Status
3SHB 1713 NEUTRAL	Mental health/guns	Cody (D-34)	Passed S. Hum Ser to S. W&M
SHB 2410 SUPPORT	Firearm Felony Registry	Hayes (R-10)	Passed S. L&J to S. Rules
HB 2793 SUPPORT	Suicide Awareness & Prevention	Orwall (D-33)	Passed S. Hum Serv to S. W&M
HB 2908 NEUTRAL	Use of Force by Peace Officers, Those Assisting	Ryu (D-32)	Passed S. L&J to S. Rules
SB 6165 SUPPORT	Short Barrel Rifles	Takko (D-19)	Passed H. Jud. to H. Rules
SB 6267 SUPPORT	CPL Expiration Notice	Schoesler (R-9)	Passed H. Jud. to H. Rules

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:

3SHB 1713 (Poss) 29 February NEUTRAL	S. W&M 1:30 p.m.	Hearing Room 4	John A. Cherberg Office Bldg
HB 2793 (Poss) 29 February SUPPORT	S. W&M 1:30 p.m.	Hearing Room 4	John A. Cherberg Office Bldg

Tutorial on public testimony: http: //leg.wa.gov/legislature/Pages/Testify.aspx

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