GOAL Post 2009-12

Legislative Update from Olympia 3 April 2009

SB 5739 PASSES LEGISLATURE

HB 1052 IN SENATE RULES

SB 5193 DIES IN COMMITTEE

FINAL THREE WEEKS OF THE SESSION

NO PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED

SB 5739 (military CPL renewal) passed the legislature and now goes to
the Governor for her signature. Given the unanimous votes in both
chambers, I would not expect a problem with the Governor. The bill
waives the $10 late fee, or complete new application requirement if
expired more than 90 days, for service members returning from overseas
deployments.

HBs 1052, 1114 and 1498 are all in Senate Rules, awaiting a pull to the
floor for a full vote of the Senate. Again, given the unanimous votes
on 1052 and 1498, I would not expect a problem in passing the Senate.
HB 1114 received 70 votes in the House, so it, too, is likely to pass
the Senate.

SB 5193 (alien firearm licenses) died in committee at the policy cut-off
this past Monday. While the approach is somewhat different, HB 1052
accomplishes essentially the same task as SB 5193.

There are three weeks left in the 2009 regular legislative session. The
legislature MUST adjourn by midnight, 26 April. The bills we are
tracking are moving well within remaining cut-off deadlines.

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. Rules

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) Died H. Jud

SB 5739 CPL renewal by military members King (R-14)
Passed, to Gov

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 5739 SUPPORT

HEARINGS SCHEDULED:

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

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". Bills are available in Acrobat (.pdf)
format. You may download a free version of Adobe Acrobat Reader from
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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
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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
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