Mark Perkins

GOAL Post 2020-10-Final Legislative Update from Olympia 13 March 2020

SESSION OVER – SINE DIE FIVE BILLS PASS AG OPINION – SORT OF ELECTION 2020 YOU ARE THE GUN LOBBY REMEMBER OUR FEW DEMOCRAT FRIENDS, TOO LAST GOAL POST TIL NEXT TIME

Per the state constitution, the 2020 regular legislative session ended late last evening (Thursday). At this time there is little likelihood of the need for a…

GOAL Post 2020-9, Legislative Update from Olympia 6 March 2020

GOAL Post 2020-9 Legislative Update from Olympia 6 March 2020

LAST WEEK OF THE REGULAR SESSION BILLS MOVE SB 6288 TRUE INTENTION EXPOSED SB 6288 VEHICLE FOR GUN SAFETY? RIGHTEOUS DEMOCRATS EMERGE

This is the last week of the 2020 regular legislative session. No later than midnight, Thursday, 12 March, the gavel comes down for the last time. The only bills remaining under consideration are those…

GOAL Post 2020-8, Legislative Update from Olympia 28 February 2020

GOAL Post 2020-8 Legislative Update from Olympia 28 February 2020

TWO CUT-OFF DATES APPROACH SESSION ENDS MIDNIGHT, THURSDAY, 12 MARCH MOVEMENT ON SEVERAL BILLS SB 5782 (KNIVES) ADDED TO ACTIVE LIST HB 2947 (MAGAZINE BAN/BUYBACK) STALLED? BILL LIST CLEANED UP – DEAD BILLS GONE (FOR NOW) NO PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED — YET

Thirteen days left in the regular session and two important cut-off dates…

GOAL ALERT 2020-1, Legislative Update from Olympia 22 February 2020

GOAL ALERT 2020-1 Legislative Update from Olympia 22 February 2020

PUBLIC HEARING ON HB 2947 (MAGAZINE BAN)

Last night they posted a public hearing in the House Finance Committee at 8 a.m. on 25 February (Tuesday morning).

If at all possible, try and get to Olympia to speak in opposition to the bill and to the underhanded way the Democrats are manipulating the process to pass an unconstitutional…

GOAL Post 2020-7, Legislative Update from Olympia 21 February 2020

GOAL Post 2020-7 Legislative Update from Olympia 21 February 2020

HB 2947 (MAGAZINE BAN) APPEARS OUT OF NOWHERE CALL YOUR SENATOR AND REPRESENTATIVES NOW! CHAMBER CUT-OFF BILLS LIVE, BILLS DIE THANK THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS 20 DAYS LEFT IN SESSION PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED INITIATIVE 1672, 1673, 1674, 1675, 1687, 1688 VIRGINIA GUN BAN BILL DIES

MAG BAN REVIVED!

ALERT! THE DAY AFTER THE CHAMBER…

GOAL Post 2020-6, Legislative Update from Olympia 14 February 2020

GOAL Post 2020-6 Legislative Update from Olympia 14 February 2020

GOAL POST POSTED ON WEB SITES H FISCAL COMMITTEE CUT-OFF PASSES FOCUS ON FLOOR ACTION BILLS PASS HOUSE, SENATE CHAMBER CUT-OFF NEXT WEDNESDAY LIBRARIES OMITTED FROM SB 5434 PROHIBITION NO GUN BILL HEARINGS NEXT WEEK… MAYBE REPEAT: SUBMIT COMMENTS ON BILLS TO OLYMPIA

Given my continuing e-mail problems, GOAL Post is being posted on…

GOAL Post 2020-5, Legislative Update from Olympia 7 February 2020

GOAL Post 2020-5 Legislative Update from Olympia 7 February 2020

NEW BILLS FILED/FOLLOWED FIRST POLICY COMMITTEE CUT-OFF BILLS MOVE, BILLS DIE PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED REPEAT: ONLINE ACCESS FOR BILL COMMENTS STILL NEED VOLUNTEERS

Well, they noticed you at the capitol rally! Rep. Senn (D-41) has filed a bill (HB 2925) prohibiting firearms on the Capitol Campus. This has been tried before and…

GOAL Post 2020-4 Legislative Update from Olympia, 31 January 2020

GOAL Post 2020-4 Legislative Update from Olympia 31 January 2020

ANOTHER 2019 BILL RESURRECTED PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED BILLS MOVE OUT OF COMMITTEE DIRECT ACCESS FOR BILL COMMENTS POLICY COMMITTEE CUT-OFF 7 FEBRUARY WAC SEEKS VOLUNTEERS

SB 5434 (Wilson, C. D-30, bans guns in parks and day cares) was a 2019 bill that didn’t make it through last year. It was pulled up this week and sent straight…

GOAL Post 2020-2, Legislative Update from Olympia 17 January 2020

GOAL Post 2020-2 Legislative Update from Olympia 17 January 2020

RALLY CUT-OFF DATES ADOPTED NEW GUN BILLS FILED FOUR PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED

Suppose they held a gun rights rally and everyone came? Well, almost everyone. According to the Seattle Times, about 500 gun owners showed up, much better than in previous years. But Dave Workman tells me the WSP – who has far more experience estimating…

GOAL Post                                                                                             2020-1 Legislative Update from Olympia                                            10 January 2020

RALLY IN OLY FRIDAY 17 JANUARY

LEGISLATURE CONVENES MONDAY, 13 JANUARY (60 DAY SESSION)

DEMOCRATS IN COMPLETE CONTROL

NEW FACES

BILLS HELD OVER FROM 2019

NEW GUN BILLS PRE-FILED

LEGISLATIVE TUTORIAL

GOAL Post 2019-14, Legislative Update from Olympia 12April 2019

GOAL Post 2019-14 Legislative Update from Olympia 12April 2019

BILLS PASS SECOND CHAMBER CONFERERNCE COMMITTEE FOR MOST CHAMBER CUT-OFF NEXT WEDNESDAY, 17 APRIL

The House passed SBs 5181 (firearms/mental health) and 5205 (firearms/incompetence, both with amendments. The Senate passed HB 1225 (firearms/domestic violence) with amendments. All three bills await a concurrence vote (for the amendment)…

GOAL Post 2019-13, Legislative Update from Olympia 5 April 2019

GOAL Post 2019-13 Legislative Update from Olympia 5 April 2019

POLICY COMMITTEE CUT-OFF; BILLS MOVE, BILLS DIE ACTION SHIFTS ONCE AGAIN TO CHAMBER FLOORS 17 APRIL CHAMBER CUT-OFF, 28 APRIL SINE DIE

The legislature is moving into the final leg of its 105 day/15 week regular session. Just over three weeks left. The primary focus of the long session in odd-numbered years is supposed to be…

GOAL Post 2019-12, Legislative Update from Olympia 29 March 2019

GOAL Post 2019-12 Legislative Update from Olympia 29 March 2019

BILLS MOVE OUT OF COMMITTEE BILLS STILL AWAITING COMMITTEE ACTION SECOND POLICY COMMITTEE CUT-OFF NEXT WEDNESDAY

Side note: according to various news reports, around 2,000 individuals attended a “Defend the 2nd” rally conducted at the state capitol building in Salem, Oregon last Saturday. It appears Washington and Oregon are in a…

GOAL Post 2019-11, Legislative Update from Olympia 22 March 2019

GOAL Post 2019-11 Legislative Update from Olympia 22 March 2019

GOV SIGNS BUMP STOCK BUYBACK FUNDING AWAITING COMMITTEE ACTION ON BILLS HEARD THIS WEEK PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED NEXT WEEK SECOND POLICY COMMITTEE CUT-OFF

Starting the second half of the 201`9 legislative session. And I think it’s time for a pep talk. We dodged a major bullet last week when SSB 5174 (CPL training) failed to get a…

GOAL Post 2019-10, Legislative Update from Olympia 15 March 2019

GOAL Post 2019-10 Legislative Update from Olympia 15 March 2019

SB 5954 PASSES LEGISLATURE CHAMBER CUT-OFF/TURNOVER DAY BILLS LIVE – BILLS DIE PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED

In an unusual move, SB 5954 (bump stock buyback funding) passed out of the Senate on 28 February, was fast-tracked through the House on March 11th where it was amended, so it went back to the Senate, who concurred in the House…

GOAL Post 2019-9, Legislative Update from Olympia 8 March 2019

GOAL Post 2019-9 Legislative Update from Olympia 8 March 2019

CHAMBER CUT-OFF NEXT WEDNESDAY SHERIFFS, FFLs WARNED BILLS PASS ORIGINAL CHAMBER BILL STATUS LIST CULLED

The chamber cut-off is in five days. Bills that do not pass out of their chamber of origin by 5 p.m. are considered dead. (Always subject to extraordinary action.) Of the nearly 50 gun-related bills filed since the session began on…

GOAL Post 2019-8, Legislative Update from Olympia 1 March 2019

GOAL Post 2019-8 Legislative Update from Olympia 1 March 2019

CHAMBER CUT-OFF 13 MARCH SHERIFFS’ REVOLUTION SPREADS? NEW BILL FILED

Correction: Last week I said the chamber cut-off was March 3rd. I missed a “1.” It’s March 13th! Ten more days to pass bills that threaten the constitution, threaten your wallet, or both!.

20 of 33 county commissions in New Mexico and their sheriffs have publicly…