GOAL Post 2010 - 12

GOAL Post



2010-12




Legislative Update from Olympia 26 March 2010



LITTLE ACTION IN OLYMPIA AS BUDGET IMPASSE CONTINUES



SHB 2226 STILL SITS ON GOVERNOR'S DESK



CITY OF SEATTLE FILES NOTICE OF APPEAL



Today is the 12th day of the special legislative session, and

legislative leaders are still at an impasse as to how to resolve the

$2+BILLION budget shortfall for the remainder of 2010. How can this be,

you ask, given that one party, the Democratic Party, has solid control

of BOTH chambers (House AND Senate)? This should have been resolved

during the regular session to begin with. Why is the legislature

spending approximately $20,000 PER DAY in special session?



If there is good news coming out of Olympia, it is that there has been

no action on any gun-related bills during the special session, nor is

any anticipated.



SHB 2226, the bill that would standardize procedures whereby retired

peace officers could qualify to carry concealed firearms all across the

U.S. under the provisions of HR 218, the Law Enforcement Officers'

Safety Act of 2004, still sits on Governor Gregoire's desk, awaiting her

action: sign the bill into law or veto it.



Earlier today the City of Seattle filed Notice of Appeal in the case of

the Seattle city ban. The appeal will be heard in Division 1 of the

Court of Appeals. The presiding judge of Division 1 is none other than

Judge Marlin Appelwick, who back in his days as a legislator, was one of

the "fathers" of 1994's E2SHB 2319, the so-called Youth Violence Act.

E2SHB 2319 was the largest and most comprehensive gun control law in

Washington history, essentially a major rewrite of our state's firearms

code.



At this point I don't see what arguments Seattle attorneys could make

that would overcome Judge Catherine Shaffer's February decision to toss

the ban based on the state preemption law (RCW 9.41.290). Add to that

the fact that by the time the appeal is heard, the U.S. Supreme Court

will likely have announced its decision in the case of /McDonald v City

of Chicago/, a decision that is likely to incorporate the Second

Amendment to the states. As if Washington's constitutional provision,

Article 1, Section 24 (quoted at the end of every GOAL Post) wasn't

enough. More taxpayer dollars wasted to salve the egos of arrogant

politicians (is that redundant?).



*BILL STATUS / GOAL POSITION ON BILLS:*



Bill # Subject

Sponsor Status



SHB 2226 Retired peace officer qualification Orcutt (R-18) To

Governor



Key to abbreviations: SHB = Substitute House Bill



GOAL POSITION ON BILLS:



Not applicable



PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED:



None



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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

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.



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"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



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