GOAL Post 2009-11

Legislative Update from Olympia 27 March 2009

HBs 1114, 1498 PASS COMMITTEE, GO TO RULES

HB 1052 PENDING SIGNATURES

5193 TO DIE IN COMMITTEE

POLICY COMMITTEE CUT-OFF MONDAY, 30 MAR

NO PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED

House Bills 1114 (no unsupervised hunting under age 14) and 1498
(involuntary commitment prohibition) passed out of their Senate
committee to Senate Rules. They now await a pull to the Senate floor
for a full vote.

2SHB 1052 was voted on in Executive Session in the Senate Judiciary
Committee Friday morning. It appeared to pass on a voice vote, but
under Senate rules, committee members must sign a "sign in" sheet
recording their vote. Occasionally a bill appears to pass on a voice
vote, but fails to get the required signatures. The sign-in sheet on
2SHB 1052 hasn't been returned to committee staff as this is being written.

It appears SB 5193 (alien firearm licenses) will die in committee. 2SHB
1052 effectively addresses the same issue, so at this point 5193 is
probably redundant.

The policy committee cut-off date in the second chamber is Monday, 30
March. House bills that have not passed their Senate committee, and
vice versa, will be considered dead for the remainder of the session.
Of the five bills we're tracking, three have already passed their policy
committee (ESHB 1114, HB 1498, SB 5739); the fourth (2SHB 1052) is on
the way, and one (SB 5193) will likely die.

There are no public hearings scheduled next week on gun-related bills.

BILL STATUS:

The following bills have been filed for the 2009-10 biennium:

Bill # Subject
Sponsor Status

2SHB 1052 Alien firearm licenses Moeller (D-49)
S. Jud

ESHB 1114 Youth hunting age requirement Blake (D-19)
S. Rules

HB 1498 Involuntary commitment Hunter
(D-48) S. Rules

SB 5193 Alien firearm licenses Delvin
(R-8) H. Jud

SB 5739 CPL renewal by military members King (R-14) H.
Rules

Key to abbreviations: S. = Senate, H. = House, HB = House Bill, SB =
Senate Bill, 2SHB = Second Substitute House Bill, ESHB = Engrossed
Substitute House Bill, Jud = Judiciary, HS&C = Human Services &
Corrections, NatRes = Natural Resources, Oceans and Recreation

GOAL POSITION ON BILLS

SHB 1052 SUPPORT

HB 1114 SUPPORT

HB 1498 SUPPORT

SB 5193 SUPPORT

SB 5739 SUPPORT

HEARINGS SCHEDULED:

There are no public hearings scheduled next week on gun-related bills.

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OTHER DATA: Copies of pending legislation (bills), legislative
schedules and other information are available on the legislature's web
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OF CHARGE by calling 1-360-786-7573. Copies of bills may also be
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