{"id":370,"date":"2015-02-21T21:26:24","date_gmt":"2015-02-21T21:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wagoal.org\/wordpress\/?p=370"},"modified":"2017-03-04T16:31:52","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T16:31:52","slug":"goal-post-2015-7-legislative-update-from-olympia-20-february-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wagoal.org\/wordpress\/goal-post-2015-7-legislative-update-from-olympia-20-february-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"GOAL Post 2015-7: Legislative Update from Olympia 20 February 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
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Legislative Update from Olympia<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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20\u00a0February\u00a02015<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

NEW BILLS<\/h3>\n

PUBLIC HEARINGS HELD<\/h3>\n

PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED<\/h3>\n

POLICY COMMITTEE CUT-OFF, BILLS DIE<\/h3>\n

NEXT CUT-OFF DATE FISCAL COMMITTEES<\/h3>\n

WHO DECIDES WHICH BILLS MOVE, WHICH DIE?<\/h3>\n

ATF PLAN TO BAN M855 AMMUNITION<\/h3>\n

Rep. Matt Shea (R-4) and 41 other House members (40 Republicans and two Democrats) filed HB 2164, a bill that would exempt almost everyone from the background check provisions of I-594.\u00a0 The bill exempts, among others, law enforcement, corrections and security officers, CPL holders, active duty military, honorably retired military, members of a variety of veterans organizations, all certified firearm safety instructors, etc, etc.\u00a0 The bill was assigned for action to the House Judiciary Committee, where it can be considered dead on arrival.\u00a0 Bills like this (and many others filed this session) make nice statements of principal, but stand almost no chance of passage, or even of serious consideration.\u00a0 Recall it takes a 2\/3 vote of each chamber of the legislature to pass any bill amending a newly-passed initiative.<\/p>\n

Public hearings were held this week, a few of which then passed out of committee. \u00a0It’s crunch time as bills had to pass their policy committee Friday.\u00a0 The most critical bill to pass were SBs 5381 out of Senate Law & Justice and HB 1857 passed out of House Judiciary and sits in House Rules.\u00a0 Both bills deal with taking guns away from dangerous persons (who could oppose that?), and establish criteria for the (possible) return of such guns when the period of danger has passed.\u00a0 SB 5381 was cleaned up quite a bit prior to its passage from committee, although it still bears watching.<\/p>\n

HB 1857 (extreme risk protection orders) is far broader, and allows seizure of weapons based on the complaint of a family member who consider a gun owner “dangerous.”\u00a0 Those of you who have dealt with family law situations know all about false accusations as a soon-to-be-ex spouse or significant other looks for ways to hurt the other party.\u00a0 The order is effective for ONE YEAR, and a hearing may be held by telephone!\u00a0 It’s interesting to note that SB 5381 was passed by a unanimous vote of the Senate Law & Justice Committee, while HB 1857 was passed on a strict party-line vote.\u00a0 All Republicans dissenting and all Democrats voting “:aye.”\u00a0 Hint:\u00a0 they DO want your guns.<\/p>\n

A public hearing is scheduled for Monday, 2\/23 at 1:30 p.m. on SB 6015, a bill that creates an “NRA” license plate to help fund the state’s hunter education program.\u00a0 The hearing will be held in Senate Transportation, Senate Hearing Room 1.\u00a0 A thoroughly commendable cause, but why not simply a “Second Amendment” license plate?\u00a0 The NRA is without doubt the 900 pound gorilla in the fight to preserve our rights, but it is by no means the only organization.\u00a0 There are two national gun rights advocacy groups headquartered right here in Washington, at this time the only organization to file suit over I-594.\u00a0 Add to that earlier lawsuits expanding the scope of the Second Amendment nationwide (McDonald v Chicago), Mance v Holder, overturning the federal ban on interstate handgun sales, Palmer v D.C. that forced the District of Columbia to issue CPLs, and dozens more.\u00a0 Visit www.saf.org<\/a> to see a partial list of SAF victories in defending the Second Amendment.\u00a0 (Disclosure: I am a former SAF employee.)<\/p>\n

Friday, 20 February is the cut-off date for bills to pass out of their original policy committee.\u00a0 This is the first major culling of bills for the 2015 session.\u00a0 As can be seen in the “BILL STATUS” column below, 2\/3 of the firearm-related bills (and most of the other 2,000 bills filed this year) nominally died today.\u00a0 I say nominally because theoretically a bill can be revived, but such action is unusual.\u00a0 And bills that have price tags attached (that spend taxpayer money) that require fiscal committee attention have an additional week (2\/27) to identify funding source and pass one of the fiscal committees.<\/p>\n

An interesting observation: \u00a0Fourteen gun-related bills were filed in the Senate, of which nine remain alive, eight moving forward at this point.\u00a0 Of the 25 gun related bills filed in the House (most of which were sent to the House Judiciary Committee), 21 died.\u00a0 Most of the 21 were pro-gun bills, and never even got a public hearing.\u00a0 Recall I mentioned the fact that the committee chair has total control over which bills he or she hears.\u00a0 So much for the “democratic” process!<\/p>\n

Late last week the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) announced it was rewriting the framework by which ammunition could be prohibited under the 1986 Law Enforcement Officers Protective Act (LEOPA), banning so-called “cop killer” bullets.\u00a0 LEOPA is supposed to be applied only to ammunition primarily intended for use in handguns — most rifle ammunition will penetrate the soft body armor (mostly Kevlar) used by police officers.\u00a0 The first load in their sights is M855 ball ammunition, a subset of the original FN-developed “SS 109” bullet.\u00a0 This ammunition has a steel “penetrator” in front of the lead core, but heretofore had NOT been considered “armor piercing.”\u00a0 It does NOT meet the DOD or NATO definition of AP ammunition.\u00a0 And 99% of M855 ammo is fired in rifles, not the small number of AR-derived handguns out there.\u00a0 This is essentially BATFE adopting the Obama tactic:\u00a0 I’ll use my pen to create laws if I need to.\u00a0 The industry and gun rights advocacy groups are fighting this, but I wouldn’t expect a favorable outcome.\u00a0 Whether you use M855 or not, the question to ask is where does this stop?\u00a0 Arbitrary and unilateral action by regulatory agencies.<\/p>\n

(Just for the record, the Vietnam-era M193 ball — 55 grain FMJ bullet — remains the most popular .223 load out there, and is perfectly satisfactory out to 300 yards or so.)<\/p>\n

BILL STATUS:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Bill #<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0Subject<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0Prime sponsor<\/strong><\/td>\nStatus<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HB 1119
\n<\/a>OPPOSE<\/strong><\/td>\n		Hunter education issues<\/td>\nBlake (D-17)<\/a><\/td>\nDied<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SHB 1131<\/a>
\n<\/a>OPPOSE<\/strong><\/td>\n		Prohibits sale\/transfer of ivory<\/td>\nPettigrew (D-37)<\/a><\/td>\nDied<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SHB 1191<\/a>
\n<\/a>SUPPORT<\/strong><\/td>\n		CPL renewal notices<\/td>\nTaylor (R-15)<\/a><\/td>\nH. Approp<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HB 1193<\/a>
\nSUPPORT<\/strong><\/td>\n		Prohibiting gun owner data base<\/td>\nTaylor (R-15)<\/a><\/td>\nDied<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HB 1245
\n<\/a>SUPPORT<\/strong><\/td>\n		Repeals I-594<\/td>\nShea (R-4)<\/a><\/td>\nDied<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HB 1324
\n<\/a>SUPPORT<\/strong><\/td>\n		Codifies castle doctrine and stand your ground\u00a0 Shea (R-4)<\/td>\nShea (R-4)<\/a><\/td>\nDied<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HB 1433
\n<\/a>SUPPORT<\/strong><\/td>\n		Modifies Gun Free School Zone law<\/td>\nScott (R-38)<\/a><\/td>\nDied<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HB 1442<\/a>
\n<\/a>SUPPORT<\/strong><\/td>\n		Exp. economic development via firearms\/ammo<\/td>\nG.\u00a0Hunt (R-2)<\/a><\/td>\nDied<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HB 1474
\n<\/a>SUPPORT<\/strong><\/td>\n		Defense against animal attack<\/td>\nTaylor (R-15)<\/a><\/td>\nDied<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HB 1506
\n<\/a>SUPPORT<\/strong><\/td>\n		Exempts security guard transfers from I-594<\/td>\nKirby (D-29)<\/a><\/td>\nDied<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HB 1521
\n<\/a>SUPPORT<\/strong><\/td>\n		Returns NICS \u201cdelay\u201d to three days (I-594)<\/td>\nTaylor (R-15)<\/a><\/td>\nDied<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HB 1533
\n<\/a>SUPPORT<\/strong><\/td>\n		Exempts guns loaned to museums from I-594<\/td>\nVan Werven (R-42)<\/a><\/td>\nDied<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HB 1535
\n<\/a>SUPPORT<\/strong><\/td>\n		Exempts active LEOs from waiting period<\/td>\nKlippert (R-8)<\/a><\/td>\nDied<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HB 1594<\/a>
\nOPPOSE
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		Imitation firearms<\/td>\nWylie (D-49)\u00a0<\/a><\/td>\nDied<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HB 1692
\n<\/strong><\/a>OPPOSE<\/strong><\/td>\n		Imitation firearms<\/td>\nWylie (D-49)\u00a0<\/a><\/td>\nDied<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
*HB 1713
\n<\/a>OPPOSE<\/strong><\/td>\n		Mental health\/guns<\/td>\nCody (D-34)<\/a><\/td>\nH. Rules<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HB 1722
\n<\/a>SUPPORT<\/strong><\/td>\n		Short barreled rifles<\/td>\nHayes (R-10)<\/a><\/td>\nDied<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HB 1731<\/a>
\n<\/a>OPPOSE<\/strong><\/td>\n		Return of firearms held by law enforcement<\/td>\nOrmsby (D-3)<\/a><\/td>\nDied<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HB 1747
\n<\/a>O<\/strong>PPOSE<\/strong><\/td>\n		Safe storage of firearms<\/td>\nKagi (D-32)<\/a><\/td>\nDied<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
*HB 1857
\n<\/a>OPPOSE<\/strong><\/td>\n		Extreme protective orders<\/td>\nJinkins (D-27)\u00a0<\/a><\/td>\nH. Rules<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HB 1886
\n<\/a>SUPPORT<\/strong><\/td>\n		Repeals I-594 by popular vote<\/td>\nHunt (R-2)<\/a><\/td>\nDied<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HB 2031<\/a>
\nSUPPORT<\/strong><\/td>\n		Tax exemption for firearm safety device<\/td>\nHarmsworth (R-44)\u00a0<\/a><\/td>\nDied<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HB 2088<\/a>
\nSUPPORT<\/strong><\/td>\n		Lowers age for CPL from 21 to 18<\/td>\nShea (R-4)<\/a>\u00a0<\/a><\/td>\nDied<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HB 2089<\/a>
\nSUPPORT<\/strong><\/td>\n		Expands CPL reciprocity; lowers age to 18<\/td>\nShea (R-4)<\/a><\/td>\nDied<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HB 2164<\/a>
\nSUPPORT<\/strong><\/td>\n		594 Repair Bill<\/td>\nShea (R-4)<\/a><\/td>\nDied<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SB 5036
\n<\/a>NEUTRAL<\/strong><\/td>\n		Penalizes criminal misuse of body armor<\/td>\nO’Ban (R-28)<\/a><\/td>\nS. Rules<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SB 5241
\n<\/a>OPPOSE<\/strong><\/td>\n		Prohibits sale\/transfer of ivory<\/td>\nLitzow (R-41)<\/a><\/td>\nDied<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
*SSB 5381
\n<\/a>OPPOSE<\/strong><\/td>\n		Return of firearms held by law enforcement<\/td>\nBillig (D-3)<\/a><\/td>\nS. Rules<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SB 5476
\n<\/a>SUPPORT<\/strong><\/td>\n		Exempts active LEOs from waiting period<\/td>\nDammeier (R-25)<\/a><\/td>\nDied<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SB 5500
\n<\/a>SUPPORT<\/strong><\/td>\n		Allows retired LEOs to carry on school grounds<\/td>\nRoach (R-31)<\/a><\/td>\nS. Rules<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SB 5539
\n<\/a>SUPPORT<\/strong><\/td>\n		Exempts LEO\u2019s from three day waiting period<\/td>\nRoach (R-31)<\/a><\/td>\nS. Rules<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SB 5579
\n<\/a>SUPPORT<\/strong><\/td>\n		Exempts licensed security guards from b\/g checks<\/td>\nDammeier (R-25)<\/a><\/td>\nS. Rules<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SB 5615
\n<\/a>SUPPORT<\/strong><\/td>\n		Exempts military members from b\/g checks<\/td>\nBenton (R-17)<\/a><\/td>\nS. Rules<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SB 5643
\n<\/a>O<\/strong>PPOSE<\/strong><\/td>\n		Mental health\/guns<\/td>\nO’Ban (R-28)<\/a><\/td>\nDied<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SB 5658
\n<\/a>NEUTRAL<\/strong><\/td>\n		Reporting of mental health commitment<\/td>\nDansel (R-7)<\/a><\/td>\nS. Rules<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SB 5727
\n<\/a>OPPOSE<\/strong><\/td>\n		Extreme protective orders<\/td>\nFrockt (D-46)<\/a><\/td>\nDied<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SB 5789<\/a>
\n<\/a>OPPOSE<\/strong><\/td>\n		Safe storage of firearms<\/td>\nKohl-Welles (D-36)<\/a><\/td>\nDied<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
*SB 5831<\/a>
\n<\/a>Support<\/strong><\/td>\n		Restoration of firearm rights<\/td>\nHoneyford (R-15)<\/a><\/td>\nS. Rules<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SB 6015<\/a>
\n<\/a>Support<\/strong><\/td>\n		NRA License Plate<\/td>\nRoach (R-31)<\/a><\/td>\nS.\u00a0Trans.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

* indicates change in status this week<\/p>\n

SHB\/SSB = Substitute Bill (bill amended in committee), HB = House Bill, SB = Senate Bill, H. Aprop = House Appropriations, H. Jud. = House Judiciary, S. L&J = Senate Law & Justice, H. Ag\/NatRes = House Agriculture & Natural Resources, S. NatRes\/Parks = Senate Natural Resources & Parks, S. Hum Ser = Senate Human Services, Mental Health & Housing, H. GenGov = House General Government & Info Technology, S. Trans = Senate Transportation<\/p>\n

HEARINGS SCHEDULED:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
SB 6015<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0Senate Trans<\/td>\nSHR “1<\/td>\n\u00a0John A. Cherberg Building<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23 Feb<\/td>\n\u00a01:30 p.m.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

LEGISLATIVE HOT LINE:\u00a0 You may reach your Representatives and Senator by calling the Legislative Hotline at 1-800-562-6000.\u00a0 Toll free!!!\u00a0 The hearing impaired may obtain TDD access at 1-800-635-9993.\u00a0 Also toll free!!!<\/p>\n

1-800-562-6000\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TDD 1-800-635-9993<\/p>\n

OTHER DATA:\u00a0 Copies of pending legislation (bills), legislative schedules and other information are available on the legislature’s web site at “www.leg.wa.gov<\/a>“.\u00a0 Bills are available in Acrobat (.pdf) format.\u00a0 You may download a free version of Adobe Acrobat Reader from Adobe’s web site (http:\/\/www.adobe.com<\/a>).\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Copies of bills may also be ordered toll free by calling the Legislative Hotline at (800) 562-6000.\u00a0 You may also hear floor and committee hearing action live at http:\/\/www.tvw.org\/<\/a> (you need “RealAudio” to do this, available free at the TVW web site).<\/p>\n

By reading the House and Senate “bill reports” (hbr, sbr) for each bill, you can see how individual committee members voted.\u00a0 By reading the “roll call” for each bill, you can see how the entire House or Senate voted on any bill.\u00a0 The beauty of the web site is that ALL this information is available, on line, to any citizen.<\/p>\n

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“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.”<\/p>\n

Article 1, Section 24<\/p>\n

Constitution of the State of Washington<\/p>\n

Copyright 2015 Gun Owners Action League of WA<\/p>\n

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