From the Washington Gun Owners Action League:
Legislative Update from Olympia 9 March 2018
SINE DIE
48 GUN BILLS FILED IN 2017-2018 BIENNIUM
GOV SIGNS BUMP STOCK BAN
2519, 5553 AND 6298 TO GOV
PHOTOS ON CPLS?
MISSED ONE – AMMO BAN
WHY ONLY FOUR BILLS PASSED
INITIATIVE
LAST GOAL POST OF 2018 — HOPEFULLY
It’s over!The fat lady has done her part and has waddled off the stage,
and our legislators are packing up and heading home from Olympia.At this
point there is no talk of the need for a special session, unlike the
three special sessions we had last year..
The 2017-2018 biennium set a record for the number of gun related bills
filed: 48, 25 anti-, 20 pro- and three neutral.But as foretold in the
Book of Matthew, “Many are called but few are chosen.”Only four of the
48 managed to make it to the governor’s desk:None of the pro-gun bills
made the cut in the Democrat-dominated legislature, surprise,
surprise.HB 2519 and SBs 5553, 5992 and 6248 were the chosen few.SB
6620, the last minute “assault weapon” bill, failed to get a vote on the
last day of the session (given the time allowed, it was unlikely to pass
the House anyway).
On Tuesday, 7 March, Governor Inslee signed SB 5992, the “bump stock”
ban.In its final version, it only applied specifically to bump stocks
and not to other “trigger devices,” and allows for a one-year buy-back
period to be set up by the Washington State Patrol.Your reward for
complying with the law is $150.(As far as I can tell, nothing prevents
you from shipping or selling them out of state, as long as the
transaction occurs out-of-state).
HB 2519and SBs 5553 and 6298 sit on the governor’s desk awaiting his
action.He has three options: sign the bill(s) as is, section veto
portions he doesn’t like allowing the remainder to become law, or let it
sit without his signature, at which point it will become law.Unlike the
president, Washington has no provision for a “pocket veto” (no
signature) to kill a bill.I expect the governor to sign all three bills,
as he did SB 5992.
As I reported earlier, HB 2519 was amended in the House to allow issue
of CPLs to current and former military members aged 18-20.That amendment
was pulled by the Senate Law & Justice committee.The conference
committee also amended the final version of the bill added language that
allows the issuing authority to require a photograph be submitted with
the application, and that photograph to be embossed on the license.This
was discussed by the Department of Licensing more than ten years ago but
never implemented.It is solely up to the issuing authority to require
it.Some states have photo CPLs, other do not.
It appears in my rush to head for Las Vegas in January for the annual
Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trades show, I missed an anti-gun bill
filed.HB 2805 (Rep. Pollet, D-46) would ban the sale of exposed lead
projectile ammunition to those 18-20 years old.Concerns about lead
poisoning among the young, according to the bill language.Maybe Chicago
should consider such a bill.
Given the fact that for the first time in several years Democrats
control both the House and Senate as well as the governor’s mansion, why
so few anti-gun bills passed?One or two pro-gun Democrats in each
chamber helped us, and 2018 is mid-term election year.Had they passed a
slew of anti-gun bills, they likely would have lost perhaps several
rural-area legislative seats in November.Expect them to come back in
January, 2019 with blood in their eyes for gun owners.
By failing to address the “assault weapon” issue, it opens the door for
an initiative later this year that is likely to go well beyond simple
registration and/or age limits.And as we’ve been hearing from Florida
over the past week, where the Republican-majority legislature just
raised the age to buy long guns to 21 AND imposed a three-day waiting
period because of the Parkland school shooting, there are far too many
gun owners out there who don’t like “black rifles.”Or as we call them,
Elmer Fudds, “As long as they don’t come after my wabbit gun, I don’t
care what they do about other guns.”
Barring a special session, this will be the last GOAL Post of 2018.
BILL STATUS/GOAL POSITION:
HB 1000Use of deadly forceDoglio (D-22)DIEDOPPOSE
HB 1004Possession of firearms/state of emergencyShea (R-4)DIED.SUPPORT
HB 1015Limiting restrictions on concealed carryShea (R-4) DIED.SUPPORT
HB 1122Safe storage of firearmsKagi (D-32)DIEDOPPOSE
HB 1134Assault weapon banPeterson (D-21)DIED.OPPOSE
HB 1174Firearm safety education in schoolsMuri (R-28)DIEDSUPPORT
HB 1181Prohibiting handgun sales registryBlake (D-19)DIEDSUPPORT
HB 1190Prohibiting handgun sales registry Taylor (R-15)DIED.SUPPORT
HB 1270Encouraging voluntary use of locking devicesHarmsworth (R-44)
DIED.SUPPORT
HB 1380Repeals I-594Shea (R-4)DIED..SUPPORT
HB 1381Universal recognition of all state CPLsBlake (D-19)DIED.SUPPORT
HB 1387Assault weapons background checkJinkins (D-27)DIEDOPPOSE
HB 1483Allows destruction of forfeited firearmsLovick (D-44)DIED OPPOSE
HB 1529Use of forceRyu (D-32)DIED. OPPOSE
HB 1592Delivery of firearms to LEOsKlippert (R-DIEDSUPPORT
HB 1725I-594 check exemption for CPL holdersKoster (R-44)DIEDSUPPORT
HB 1731Certain exemptions to I-594Jinkins (D27)DIEDSUPPORT
HB 1900Hunter ed funding/NRA license platesGriffey (R-35)DIED.NEUTRAL
HB 1933Transfer of firearms at non-profit eventsWalsh (R-19)DIEDSUPPORT
HB 2136Profits from seized firearms go to education fundTaylor
(R-15)DIEDSUPPORT
HB 2293Bans firearms in daycare facilities (exception)Kagi (D-32)DIEDOPPOSE
HB 2306Allows licensed veterans to carry at CommCollVanWerven
(R-)DIEDSUPPORT
HB 2329Strengthens law making CPL data privateWalsh (R-19)DIEDSUPPORT
HB 2363Drone delivery of firearms to offendersPellicciotti (D-30)
DIEDSUPPORT
HB 2422Bans “high capacity” magazinesPeterson (D-21)DIEDOPPOSE
HB 2519Return of seized CPLsLovick (D-44)To Gov.NEUTRAL
HB 2666Repeals state preemption of gun lawsMacri (D-43)DIEDOPPOSE
HB 2738Permission to carry in a residenceDoglio (D-22)DIEDOPPOSE
HB 2805Under 21 lead ammo banPollet (D-46)DIEDOPPOSE
HB 3004School safety/semi-auto restrictionsJinkins (D-27)DIEDOPPOSE
SB 5000Use of deadly forceMcCoy (D-38)DIEDOPPOSE
SB 5050Assault weapon banFrockt (D-3)DIEDOPPOSE
SB 5073Use of forceMcCoy (D-38)DIEDOPPOSE
SB 5216Firearm safety education in schoolsO’Ban (R-28)DIEDSUPPORT
SB 5441Involuntary freeze on firearm possession Kuderer (D-)DIED OPPOSE
SB 5444Background check for “assault weapons”Frockt (D-46)DIEDOPPOSE
SB 5463Mandatory safe storage of firearmsPalumbo (D-DIEDOPPOSE
SB 5506Transfer of firearms at non-profit eventsZeiger (R-25)DIEDSUPPORT
SB 5553Suicidal, waiver of rightsPedersen (D-43)To Gov.NEUTRAL
SB 5795Mandatory firearm liability insuranceChase (D-32)DIEDOPPOSE
SB 5992Bans certain “trigger devices”Van De Wege (D-24)Signed by Gov..
OPPOSE
SB 6049Bans “high capacity” magazinesFrockt (D-3)DIEDOPPOSE
SB 6146Repeals state preemption of gun lawsSaldana (D-37)DIEDOPPOSE
SB 6173Strengthens law making CPL data privateTakko (R-19)DIEDSUPPORT
SB 6297Firearm possession with history of violenceDhingra (D-45)DIEDNEUTRAL
SB 6298DV harassment firearm banDhingra (D-45)To Gov.OPPOSE
SB 6415Permission to carry in a residenceHunt (D-22)DIEDOPPOSE
SB 6476Exempts background checks between CPLWagoner (R-39)DIEDSUPPORT
SB 6620School safety/semi-auto restrictionsFrockt (D-3)diedOPPOSE
HB 2363Drone delivery of firearms to offendersPellicciotti (D-30)S.
Rules SUPPORT
HB 2519Return of seized CPLsLovick (D-44)ConfSUPPORT
HB 3004Student safety/semi-auto riflesJinkins (D-27)H. Jud.OPPOSE
SB 5553Suicidal, waiver of rightsPedersen (D-43)Concurrence vote NEUTRAL
SB 5992Bump stock banVan De Wege (D-24)To GovernorOPPOSE
SB 6298DV harassment firearm banDhingra (D-45)Concurrence votesOPPOSE
SB 6620Student safety/semi-auto riflesFrockt (D-3)S. RulesOPPOSE
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, “E” means Engrosssed (both
mean amended).
HEARINGS SCHEDULED:
None
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you can see how individual committee members voted.By reading the “roll
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