WA-GOAL Legislative Update 17 JAN 2020

From Washington Gun Owners Action League (WA-GOAL):

GOAL Post 2020-2

Legislative Update from Olympia 17 January 2020

RALLY

CUT-OFF DATES ADOPTED

NEW GUN BILLS FILED

FOUR PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED

Suppose they held a gun rights rally and everyone came? Well, almost
everyone. According to the Seattle Times, about 500 gun owners showed up,
much better than in previous years. But Dave Workman tells me the WSP –
who has far more experience estimating crowd size than the Times – told
him the number was closer to 1,000. Great going guys. Keep it up!

The following cut-off dates have been adopted for bills under
consideration in the 2020 regular legislative session. As a general rule,
if a bill fails to pass a hurdle, it is considered dead for the
session. Exceptions can be made.

13 January Session begins

7 February Bills must pass out of policy committee (except fiscal bills)

11 February Bills must pass out of chamber fiscal committee (only bills
with major fiscal impact)

19 February Bills must pass out of house of origin (House bills out of
House, Senate bills out of Senate)

28 February Bills must pass out of policy committee in second chamber

2 March Bills with major fiscal impact must pass out of second chamber
fiscal committee

6 March Bills must pass out of second chamber (House bills out of Senate,
Senate bills out of the House), except for bills in a conference committee to iron out
differences in

House/Senate versions, budget bills and initiatives.

12 March Sine die – close of regular legislative session.

The first critical cut-off date, when bills must pass out of their first
policy committee (L&J or CR&J for gun bills), isn’t for three weeks..

Another handful of gun bills were introduced this week, and a few more
resurrected from last year’s stack. In a departure from the past, I’m
tracking both Washington and Florida legislative sessions (I’m VP of the
Florida Sport Shooting Assn), so I’m just going to focus on bills that
are actually being called into play.

HB 1365 (from last year) (Lovick D-44) mandates State Patrol approved
training, to include range time, before a CPL may be issued or reissued
(House CR&J, 21 Jan).

HB 1374 (from last year) (Macri D-43) repeals state
preemption (control) of firearms laws, opening the door to cities and
counties to pass their own gun laws (House CR&J, 21 Jan).

HB 2240 (Valdez D-46) bans sale and/or possession of magazines holding more than 10
rounds; existing possession is grandfathered, with restriction on
where/when they may be used (House CR&J, 21 Jan).

HB 2241 (Peterson D-21) bans sale or possession of semi-automatic “assault weapons” and large capacity magazines; existing possession is grandfathered, with
restrictions (House CR&J, 21 Jan).

HB 2519 (Walen D-48) requires a NICS (when available) background check on the retail sale of ammunition, with a report sent to the state; limited exceptions (House CR&J, 21 Jan).HB 2555 (Goodman D-45) closes the loophole for items federally-defined on a
4473 as “other” (receivers, certain shotguns or handguns) (House CR&J, 22 Jan).

SB 6077 (Kuderer D-48) same-old, same-old magazine ban over ten round
capacity, grandfathered (Senate L&J, 20 Jan).

SB 6163 (Dhingra D-45) bans possession of firearms BEFORE conviction for certain persons awaiting trial for felony DUI (Senate L&J, 21 Jan).SB 6288 (Dhingra D-45) creates
an Office of Firearm Violence Prevention under the Department of COMMERCE to recommend measures to prevent violence (Senate L&J, 21 Jan).

SB 6294 (Saloman D-32)more State Patrol-approved mandatory training
for a CPL (Senate L&J, 20 Jan).

SB 6347 (Wagoner R-39) extends the validity of a CPL acquired after mandatory training to SEVEN years – kind of a sugar coating on a bitter pill (Senate L&J, 20 Jan).SB 6402
(Rivers R-18) is a sentencing enhancement for use of a stolen firearm during the commission of a felony (Senate L&J, 20 Jan).

SB 6406 (Wilson R-17) makes any theft of a firearm from a residence or retail outlet a
felony (Senate L&J 20 Jan).

BILL STATUS/GOAL POSITION:

HB 1365 CPL training requirement Tharinger (D-24) H. CR&J OPPOSE

HB 1374 Repeals state preemption of gun laws Macri (D-43) H. CR&J OPPOSE

HB 1068 Magazine restrictions Valdez (D-43) H. CR&J OPPOSE

HB 1671 Confiscation of firearms Dolan (D-22) H. CR&J NEUTRAL

HB 2196 Raise standard for issue of a “red flag” order Walsh (R-19) HG.
CR&J SUPPORT

HB 2202 Exempts law enforcement from a/w training Klippert (R-8) H.PubSaf OPPOSE

HB 2240 Bans high capacity magazines Valdez (D-43) H. CR&J OPPOSE

HB 2241 Bans assault weapons and magazines Peterson (D-21) H. CR&J OPPOSE

HB 2519 Ammunition background checks Walen (D-48) H. CR&J OPPOSE

HB 2555 Background checks for “other” firearms Goodman (D-45) H. CR&J OPPOSE

SB 5434 Expands gun free zones to parks and day cares Wilson, C (D-30) S.
L&J OPPOSE

SB 6076 Bans assault weapons and hi cap magazines Kuderer (D-48) S. L&J OPPOSE

SB 6077 Bans high capacity magazines Kuderer (D-48) S. L&J OPPOSE

SB 6161 Excise tax on ammunition Dhingra (D-45) S. L&J OPPOSE

SB 6163 Unlawful possession BEFORE conviction Dhingra (D-45) S. L&J OPPOSE

SB 6288 Office of firearm violence prevention Dhingra (D-45) S. L&J OPPOSE

SB 6294 CPL training requirement Saloman (D-32) S. L&J OPPOSE

SB 6347 CPL validity seven years with training Wagoner (R-39) S. L&J OPPOSE

SB 6402 Use of a stolen firearm Rivers (R-18) S. L&J SUPPORT

SB 6406 Concerning firearms Wilson, L (R-17) S. L&J SUPPORT

HB = House bill, SB = Senate bill. L&J = Law & Justice, CR&J = Civil
Rights & 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 HEARINGS SCHEDULED:

20 Jan Senate Law & Justice, Senate Hearing Room 4, JAC building

10:00am SBs 6077, 6274, 6347, 6402 and 6406

21 Jan Senate Law & Justice, Senate Hearing Room 4, JAC building

10:00am SBs 6163 and 6288

21 Jan House Civil Rights & Judiciary, House Hearing Room “A,” JLO building

10:00am HBs 2240, 2241, 2519, 1374 and 1315

22Jan House Civil Rights & Judiciary, House Hearing Room “A,” JLO building

8:00am HB 2555

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!!!

1-800-562-6000TDD 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.

Upcoming WAC gun show(s):

Puyallup 01-02 February

Monroe 28-29 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