NewWAstate
Member
I too emailed my Rep / Senator and the heads of the committee's. Lets hope we get a positive result! Good to see it has made the public hearing agenda.
Cheers
Gareth
Cheers
Gareth
Schmick said:Matt,
HB 3148 did have a hearing in the Senate just last night. They have until Friday at 5:00 to pass it out on Executive Session.
SB 5456 is sitting in House Judiciary and did not receive even a hearing yet. Looks like that one may be in trouble. The Chair of the House Judiciary Committee is Representative Pat Lantz and she decides what to hear and/or kill.
FYI
Joe
MD_Willington said:Hi Joe.
Looks like 3148 & 5456 have "Stalled" in Judiciary and are not scheduled for a public hearing.
Just wondering if you've heard anything different.
Thank you for your time!
MD
Schmick said:Matt,
The bill died in Judiciary. Didn't even receive a hearing. The bill is dead for this session.
Joe
My wife and I have legally resided in WA State for 8 years now.
There are many other legal permanent residents in the same situation as us too, legal, law abiding permanent residents, many of which are close to becoming American citizens.
Many of us have considered moving elsewhere to other States due to descrimination, we would not be permanent residents of the USA if we had not already gone through Federal background checks via FBI/DHS etcetera, the same kinds of Federal background checks that would allow us to have an AFL in the first place if an agency could provide us with an AFL, someone like our County Sherriffs Office. Or WA State could do as many other States already do, and drop the AFL licensing for LPRs entirely, by the way, LPR would be a Legal Permanent Resident aka "Green Card Holder".
It seems somewhat ridiculous and a waste of everyones time and money for all of us LPRs to have to jump through even more hoops because we chose WA State as our State of residence, only to be discriminated against.
HB 3148 is an important bill for many legal permanent residents residing in Washington State.
I would like to ask that you would consider scheduling a hearing for HB 3148 so that we may not be discriminated against.
Thank you for your time.
MD