Posted: 2/18/2006 8:23:54 PM EDT
GOAL Post 2006-7
Legislative Update from Olympia 17 February 2006
CHAMBER CUT-OFF PASSED
ONLY THREE GUN-RELATED BILLS SURVIVE
PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR SHB 2958
NEXT CUT-OFF: 24 FEBRUARY; 20 DAYS REMAIN IN SESSION
Tuesday, 14 February was this session’s chamber cut-off day. Bills that had not passed out of their original chamber (Senate bills out of the Senate, House bills out of the House) are considered dead for the session. There are still ways a bill can be resurrected, but that is unlikely at this point. SSB 6598 (restricting shooting on Island County) and SB 6878 (G.I. CPL renewal waiver) died at the cut-off.
Only three gun-related bills survived chamber cut-off, and are now in a policy committee in the opposite chamber. They are HB 2622 (CPL reciprocity fix), ESHB 2951 (retired police officer handgun certification) and SHB 2958 (penalty for illegal use of toxic shot). The first two were assigned to the Senate Judiciary Committee, while the third goes to Senate Natural Resources, Parks and Shorelines.
The next critical cut-off date in the 2006 legislative session is next Friday, 24 February. Bills that passed their original chamber must pass out of the policy committee in the second by next Friday. The three gun bills previously mentioned must clear their respective committees or die. At this time, only SHB 2958 is scheduled for a public hearing in the Senate Natural Resources committee. 20 days remain in the 2006 regular session.
BILL STATUS:
Bills under consideration:
Bill # Subject Sponsor Status
SB 5343 Gun show loophole Kohl-Welles (D-36) Died S. Jud.
SB 6139 Justifiable homicide Stevens (R-39) Died S. Jud.
SB 6258 School/guns penalty increase Delvin (R-8) Died S. Jud.
SB 6358 Hunter ed waiver for G.I.s Morton (R-7) Died S. NatRes
SB 6426 CPL reciprocity amendment Schoesler (R-9) Died S. Jud.
SSB 6598 Restricting hunting on county lands Haugen (D-10) Died S. Rules
SB 6616 Restricting hunting near schools Haugen (D-10) Died S. NatRes
SB 6878 G.I. late renewal of CPL Doumit (D-19) Died S. Rules
HB 2622 CPL reciprocity amendment Blake (D-19) S. Jud.
HB 2824 Threats with a firearm/schools Lovick (D-44) Died H. Jud.
HB 2835 Projectile stun gun restrictions Lovick (D-44) Died H. Jud.
HB 2861 Gun show “loophole” Williams (D-22) Died H. Jud.
HB 2930 Eliminates exceptions to guns/schools Jarrett (R-41) Died H. Jud.
ESHB 2951 Retired police officer certification Campbell (R-2) S. Jud.
SHB 2958 Illegal use of non-toxic shot/penalty Sullivan (D-22) S. NatRes
HB 3092 CPL late fee waiver Morrell (D-25) Died H. Jud.
HB 3221 Alien firearms licenses Moeller (D-49) Died H. Jud.
Key to abbreviations: S. = Senate, H. = House, Jud = Judiciary, NatRes = Natural Resources, Parks & Shorelines (senate), Natural Resources, Ecology & Parks (House)
GOAL POSITION ON BILLS STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION:
HB 2622 Support
ESHB 2951 Support
SHB 2958 Support
PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED:
SHB 2958 Senate Natural Rosources John A. Cherberg Bldg Hearing Room 2
Wednesday, 22 Feb 8:00—10:00 a.m.
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!!!
1-800-562-6000 TDD 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". It's available in two versions: text (.txt) file or Acrobat (.pdf) file. The "Acrobat" version is preferred as it is easier to read and is an exact copy of the hard copy format the legislators use. You may download a free version of Adobe Acrobat from Adobe's web site. 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.
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Article 1, Section 24
Constitution of the State of Washington
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