D.W. Drang
Member
Woo-Hoo! My first post! Figured I'd kick it off right by continuing a practice I had on TFL, cross-posting Gun Owners' Action League of Washington (GOAL) Posts that I received from Joe Waldron.
NOTE the public session re: RECIPROCITY. This is and has been an issue for the Gun Rights community in WA for some time now. We got it passed and Chairman Locke vetoed it several years ago because it would allegedly "cause a hardship for the police"--apparently Chairman Locke feels that there are so many states that it would be difficult to issue the police a business card that listed which ones did and did not have reciprocity with WA... :banghead:
As before, these are only edited by me for appearance in this forum.
GOAL Post 2003-2 begins:
GOAL Post 2003-2
GOAL Chairman: Bruce Turner
GOAL Legislative Liaison: Joe Waldron
Legislative Update from Olympia 24 January 2003
THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
2003 SESSION COMMITTEE CUT-OFF DATES ADOPTED
PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED ON CPL RECIPROCITY
How a Bill Becomes a Law (taken straight from the legislative web
site):
1 A bill may be introduced in either the Senate or House of Representatives by a member.
2 It is referred to a committee for a hearing. The committee studies the bill and may hold public hearings on it. It can then pass, reject or take no action on the bill.
3 The committee report on the passed bill is read in open session of the House or Senate, and the bill is then referred to the Rules Committee.
4 The Rules Committee can either place the bill on the second reading of the calendar for debate before the entire body, or take no action.
5 At the second reading, a bill is subject to debate and amendment before being placed on the third reading calendar for final passage.
6 After passing one house, the bill goes through the same procedure in the other house.
7 If amendments are made, the other house must approve the changes.
8 When the bill is accepted in both houses, it is signed by the respective leaders and sent to the governor.
9 The governor signs the bill into law or may veto all or part of it. If the governor fails to act on the bill, it may become law without a signature.
Cut-off dates adopted:
5 March Bills must pass original committee
10 March Bills requiring fiscal approval must pass
19 March Bills must pass original chamber (House or Senate)
4 April Bills must pass committee in second chamber
7 April Bills requiring fiscal approval must pass
18 April Bills must pass second chamber
19-27 April Consideration of bills that were sent to a House/Senate conference committee to resolve differences
A bill that fails to pass a cut-off date is generally considered “dead†for the session. There are exceptions to this, and a bill may be “pulled†from committee for a (chamber) floor vote.
BILL STATUS:
Bill # Subject Sponsor Status
SB 5083 CPL Reciprocity Stevens (R-39) S.Jud.
SB 5315 Ballistic imaging Kohl-Welles (D-36) S.Jud.
SB 5316 Gun show regulation Kohl-Welles (D-36) S.Jud.
SB 5317 Safe storage of firearms Kohl-Welles (D-36) S.Jud.
HB 1319 Lawsuit protection Delvin (R-8) H. Jud.
HB 1321 Gun show regulation Kagi (D-32) H. Jud.
Key to abbreviations: S. = Senate, H. = House, Jud = Judiciary, CJ&J = Criminal Justice & Corrections, JuvJust = Juvenile Justice, Educ = Education, NatRes = Natural Resources, Parks & Shorelines; W&M = Ways and Means
PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED
Senate Judiciary Committee, Senate Hearing Room,
John A. Cherberg Bldg, 1/30/03 8:00 am
SB 5083 - Recognizing concealed weapon licenses issued by states that recognize Washington's concealed pistol license.
Name (Party/District) Tel. (360 a/c) E-mail
Senator Bob McCaslin (R-4), chair 786-7606 [email protected]
Senator Luke Esser (R-48) 786-7694 [email protected]
Senator Dale Brandland (R-42) 786-7682 [email protected]
Senator Stephen Johnson (R-47) 786-7692 [email protected]
Senator Pam Roach (R-31) 786-7660 [email protected]
Senator Adam Kline (D-37) 786-7688 [email protected]
Senator Jim Hargrove (D024) 786-7646 [email protected]
Senator Mary Haugen (D-10) 786-7618 [email protected]
Senator Pat Thibaudeau (D-43) 786-7628 [email protected]
For those who can attend, please sign in on the sign-in sheet for SB 5083, and indicate “proâ€. If you wish to testify, write in “yes.â€
Testimony is limited to three minutes, and repetitive testimony is discouraged.
If you cannot attend, please call, e-mail or write your Senator and let them know where you stand on this bill.
REMINDER: Firearms are NOT permitted on the Capitol Campus, even with a CPL.
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.
GET THE WORD OUT: If you want to subscribe to the Goal Post by e-mail, send a message to "[email protected]". Please pass Goal Post on to anyone you believe may have an interest in protecting our rights.
Better yet, make a couple of copies of this message, post it on your gun club’s bulletin board, and leave copies with your local gun shop(s).
PERMISSION IS HEREBY GRANTED TO DUPLICATE OR REDISTRIBUTE GOAL POST PROVIDED IT IS REPRODUCED IN ITS ENTIRETY WITHOUT TEXTUAL MODIFICATION AND GREDIT IS
GIVEN TO GOAL. I can be reached at "[email protected]" or (during session) by telephone at (360) 754-9782 or (425) 454-4911. Unfortunately, I am unable to mail hard copy Goal Post to individuals. Limited numbers of hard copies MAY be available at WAC gun shows.
Upcoming WAC gun show(s):
Puyallup 1-2 February
Monroe 15-16 February
"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
Copyright 2003 Gun Owners Action League of WA
NOTE the public session re: RECIPROCITY. This is and has been an issue for the Gun Rights community in WA for some time now. We got it passed and Chairman Locke vetoed it several years ago because it would allegedly "cause a hardship for the police"--apparently Chairman Locke feels that there are so many states that it would be difficult to issue the police a business card that listed which ones did and did not have reciprocity with WA... :banghead:
As before, these are only edited by me for appearance in this forum.
GOAL Post 2003-2 begins:
GOAL Post 2003-2
GOAL Chairman: Bruce Turner
GOAL Legislative Liaison: Joe Waldron
Legislative Update from Olympia 24 January 2003
THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
2003 SESSION COMMITTEE CUT-OFF DATES ADOPTED
PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED ON CPL RECIPROCITY
How a Bill Becomes a Law (taken straight from the legislative web
site):
1 A bill may be introduced in either the Senate or House of Representatives by a member.
2 It is referred to a committee for a hearing. The committee studies the bill and may hold public hearings on it. It can then pass, reject or take no action on the bill.
3 The committee report on the passed bill is read in open session of the House or Senate, and the bill is then referred to the Rules Committee.
4 The Rules Committee can either place the bill on the second reading of the calendar for debate before the entire body, or take no action.
5 At the second reading, a bill is subject to debate and amendment before being placed on the third reading calendar for final passage.
6 After passing one house, the bill goes through the same procedure in the other house.
7 If amendments are made, the other house must approve the changes.
8 When the bill is accepted in both houses, it is signed by the respective leaders and sent to the governor.
9 The governor signs the bill into law or may veto all or part of it. If the governor fails to act on the bill, it may become law without a signature.
Cut-off dates adopted:
5 March Bills must pass original committee
10 March Bills requiring fiscal approval must pass
19 March Bills must pass original chamber (House or Senate)
4 April Bills must pass committee in second chamber
7 April Bills requiring fiscal approval must pass
18 April Bills must pass second chamber
19-27 April Consideration of bills that were sent to a House/Senate conference committee to resolve differences
A bill that fails to pass a cut-off date is generally considered “dead†for the session. There are exceptions to this, and a bill may be “pulled†from committee for a (chamber) floor vote.
BILL STATUS:
Bill # Subject Sponsor Status
SB 5083 CPL Reciprocity Stevens (R-39) S.Jud.
SB 5315 Ballistic imaging Kohl-Welles (D-36) S.Jud.
SB 5316 Gun show regulation Kohl-Welles (D-36) S.Jud.
SB 5317 Safe storage of firearms Kohl-Welles (D-36) S.Jud.
HB 1319 Lawsuit protection Delvin (R-8) H. Jud.
HB 1321 Gun show regulation Kagi (D-32) H. Jud.
Key to abbreviations: S. = Senate, H. = House, Jud = Judiciary, CJ&J = Criminal Justice & Corrections, JuvJust = Juvenile Justice, Educ = Education, NatRes = Natural Resources, Parks & Shorelines; W&M = Ways and Means
PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED
Senate Judiciary Committee, Senate Hearing Room,
John A. Cherberg Bldg, 1/30/03 8:00 am
SB 5083 - Recognizing concealed weapon licenses issued by states that recognize Washington's concealed pistol license.
Name (Party/District) Tel. (360 a/c) E-mail
Senator Bob McCaslin (R-4), chair 786-7606 [email protected]
Senator Luke Esser (R-48) 786-7694 [email protected]
Senator Dale Brandland (R-42) 786-7682 [email protected]
Senator Stephen Johnson (R-47) 786-7692 [email protected]
Senator Pam Roach (R-31) 786-7660 [email protected]
Senator Adam Kline (D-37) 786-7688 [email protected]
Senator Jim Hargrove (D024) 786-7646 [email protected]
Senator Mary Haugen (D-10) 786-7618 [email protected]
Senator Pat Thibaudeau (D-43) 786-7628 [email protected]
For those who can attend, please sign in on the sign-in sheet for SB 5083, and indicate “proâ€. If you wish to testify, write in “yes.â€
Testimony is limited to three minutes, and repetitive testimony is discouraged.
If you cannot attend, please call, e-mail or write your Senator and let them know where you stand on this bill.
REMINDER: Firearms are NOT permitted on the Capitol Campus, even with a CPL.
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.
GET THE WORD OUT: If you want to subscribe to the Goal Post by e-mail, send a message to "[email protected]". Please pass Goal Post on to anyone you believe may have an interest in protecting our rights.
Better yet, make a couple of copies of this message, post it on your gun club’s bulletin board, and leave copies with your local gun shop(s).
PERMISSION IS HEREBY GRANTED TO DUPLICATE OR REDISTRIBUTE GOAL POST PROVIDED IT IS REPRODUCED IN ITS ENTIRETY WITHOUT TEXTUAL MODIFICATION AND GREDIT IS
GIVEN TO GOAL. I can be reached at "[email protected]" or (during session) by telephone at (360) 754-9782 or (425) 454-4911. Unfortunately, I am unable to mail hard copy Goal Post to individuals. Limited numbers of hard copies MAY be available at WAC gun shows.
Upcoming WAC gun show(s):
Puyallup 1-2 February
Monroe 15-16 February
"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
Copyright 2003 Gun Owners Action League of WA