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Legislative Alert 1-20-2025

CCRP Member –

We need YOU at the Capitol, tomorrow, Tuesday morning, January 21.

Five gun bills are being heard in two committees.

We need you present, and if you can’t be there, tune in by TVW, links below, and make follow up contacts with your legislators. We must push back hard, and we need your help!

Four bills attacking firearms owners being heard:

HB 1386 New taxes on guns and ammo

HB 1163 Requiring a permit to buy firearms, and requiring living fire training

HB 1132 One firearm per month limit, limits also applied to ammunition

HB 1152 Storage requirements in your home and auto

HB 1118 Restoring Second Amendment rights of non-violent felons (neutral exception)

Bill links are shown below. Read up on the bill, sign up to testify and reach out to your own legislator to let them know what you think (politely).

District 22 Emphasis

If you are in the 22nd Legislative District, your direct contact is particularly important. Your representatives are Beth Doglio and Lisa Parshley, both of Olympia. These two sponsor the worst gun legislation this year. 

They need contact from their CONSTITUENTS, if you live in the 22nd District (Olympia, Lacey and Tumwater cities). 

Email – YOU write the message in your own terms.

Phone calls are also important to press the message. Be brief, give bill numbers and one descriptive sentence per bill for why these are bad bills. Make sure they know you are their constituent.

Rep.  Email Phone

Beth Doglio beth.doglio@leg.wa.gov (360) 786-7940

Lisa Parshley lisa.Parshley@leg.wa.gov (360) 786-7992

Find YOUR legislative district and legislators online at:  

https://app.leg.wa.gov/districtfinder

Reach your representatives by both email and phones.

How to participate in the Hearings

Show up in person

House Finance Committeeat 8 a.m., in House Hearing Room B in the John L. O’Brien Bldg.

House Civil Rights and Judiciary Committee at 10:30 a.m. in House Hearing Room A in the John L. O’Brien Bldg.

– If you can attend, arrive early to get the seats that our opponents will be bussed in to take up. You get it!

Your presence makes an impression.

Tune in via TVW

The hearings can be watched live or played back afterward.

Links to both hearings are listed for each of the two committees, highlighted below.

Give testimony

Sign up lists are available in advance of hearings in the hearing room. 

Online testimony is also available – see bill information links, below.

Message

The message cliff notes …

To Democrats, be precise in why these are bad legislation (briefly stated). These Democrat contacts are the most important.

To Republicans, tell them thank you for opposing bills HB XYZ#. They are all on our side already.

Be informed

You will be able to explain your position best if you take a few minutes to read the bills, linked below.

You will know better what to say.  Use YOUR words

No sample email is provided because mass-produced messages do not get nearly 

as much attention as a thoughtfully-given personal message that you write. 

Read bill details to know exactly what kind of mess these bills will bring us.

They need to hear about it from you!

House Finance Committee

Meeting January 21, 8:00 a.m., HHR B

TVW live link:

Hearing on bill:

HB 1386 New rax on firearms, parts and ammunition

Sponsor Rep. My-Linh Thai (D-Bellevue)

Bill History and buttons to testify or send comment to your legislators.

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1386&Year=2025&Initiative=False

Original Bill

https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/1386.pdf?q=20250120111705

House Civil Rights and Judiciary Committee

Meeting January 21, 10:30 a.m. HHR A

TVW live link:

Hearings on bills:

HB 1163 Requires permit to purchase firearms and requires live fire training

Sponsor Rep. Liz Berry (D-Seattle); cosponsors include Reps. Beth Doglio and Lisa Parshley (both D-Olympia)

Bill History and buttons to testify or send comment to your legislators.

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1163&Year=2025&Initiative=False

Original Bill

https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules/Home/Documents/32496#

HB 1132 Limits to buying one firearm per month and limits ammunition purchased

Sponsor: Rep. Beth Doglio (D-Olympia), co-sponsors include Rep Lisa Parshley (D-Olympia)

Bill History and buttons to testify or send comment to your legislators.

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1132&Year=2025&Initiative=False

Original Bill

https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules/Home/Documents/32496

HB 1152 Establishes Secure Storage Requirements of firearms in vehicles and residences

Sponsor: Rep. Beth Doglio (D-Olympia); co-sponsors include Rep. Lisa Parshley (D-Olympia)

Bill History and buttons to testify or send comment to your legislators.

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1152&Year=2025&Initiative=false

Original Bill

https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/1152.pdf?q=20250119142555

HB 1118 Restoring the 2nd Amendment rights of non-violent felons

Sponsor Tara Simons (D-Bremerton); co-sponsors include Reps. Joel McEntyre and Jim Walsh

Bill History and buttons to testify or send comment to your legislators.

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1118&Year=2025&Initiative=false

Original Bill

https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/1118.pdf?q=20250119142705

                                                                                                                                             One Bill Highlight:
The Problems with HB 1152, Storage Requirements

Reviewed by Scott Pancoast

Legislative Alert CommitteeThis legislation details the requirements for storage of a firearm in a vehicle and in a residence, it also includes penalties for failing to meet the requirements.

For a pistol to be legally stored in a vehicle the pistol must be stored in a container:

1) Unloaded, 

2) in an opaque container, 

3) that is locked, 

4) the container is hard-sided, and, 

5) the container is affixed within the vehicle.  

Additionally,  the container must be concealed from view from outside the vehicle, and the vehicle must be locked.

Rifles and Shotguns have the same requirements for vehicle storage. However, if the rifle or shotgun is in a soft sided container a trigger lock is required.

Glove boxes and center consoles are not acceptable as a “CONTAINER”. However a console vault or container specifically designed to securely store firearms are acceptable. Some limited specific exemptions apply.

For a firearm to be legally stored in a residence, the firearm must have a trigger lock, or be stored in a gun safe.

Violation of this law start at a class 1 civil infraction (up to $1000) to a Class C Felony.

Additionally, a person cannot carry a loaded pistol in a vehicle Unless: 1) The person has a license to carry a concealed pistol; and a) is carrying the pistol, or b)the person is in the vehicle at with the pistol; or the pistol is securely store as described earlier. Failure to comply with this section misdemeanor.

Previous legislation made storage of a firearm where a “Prohibited Person” may gain access to a firearm a crime. The seriousness of the crime depended on what the “Prohibited Person” did with the firearm. Previously, firearm owners were exempt from liability is the weapon is stolen. However, This legislation also removes the exemption, and requires that the firearm owner to secure the firearm as described above.

So what happens if you as the owner of the firearm do not have a concealed pistol license. You cannot transport a firearm in a vehicle (misdemeanor) or the weapon is stolen from your vehicle and used in the commission of a crime, (at worst a Class C Felony). Or, what happens if the container can be removed from the vehicle with some degree of ease.