Introduction Notice for 3004 HB

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HB 3004, titled AN ACT Relating to improving security in schools and the safety of students by: Creating a grant program for school districts to implement emergency response systems, has been introduced in the House of Representatives. The Office of Financial Management has identified this bill as requiring a ten-year projection of increased cost to the taxpayers or affected fee payers.

Ten-year projection:

Fiscal Year		Firearms dealer license
2018
2019		$  20,000
2020		20,000
2021		20,000
2022		20,000
2023		20,000
2024		20,000
2025		20,000
2026		20,000
2027		20,000
Total:		$ 180,000

I-960 does not apply to units of local government.

This bill has no cash receipts impact on the Criminal Justice Training Commission

This bill requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to allocate grants to school districts for the purpose of implementing emergency response systems using evolving technology to expedite the response and arrival of law enforcement in the event of a threat or emergency at school. 

This bill creates the students protecting students program, within the Office of the Attorney General, to operate a statewide communications center that provides students and the community with the means to relay information anonymously concerning unsafe, potentially harmful, dangerous, violent, or criminal activities, or the threat of these activities, first to law enforcement and public safety agencies, and as appropriate to school officials. Authorizes the Office of the Attorney General to contract with an organization or call center to provide this program. 

This bill requires the same background check process to purchase semiautomatic rifles and shotguns with tactical features as is currently required for pistols. Changes licensing fees for semiautomatic rifles and shotguns with tactical features to be commensurate with pistols and raises the minimum age for the purchases to 21. 

Requires the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs to establish a grant program for local law enforcement agencies to conduct background checks for the purchase and sale of pistols, semiautomatic rifles, and shotguns with tactical features. 

The license fee for pistols or semiautomatic rifles or shotguns with tactical features is raised from $125 to $150.

This legislation results in no revenue impact to taxes administered by the Department of Revenue.

None

There are no cash receipts for the judicial branch.

Bill sponsors and contact information:

Representative Laurie Jinkins, Prime Sponsor
Democrat
Tacoma
(360) 786-7930
Laurie.Jinkins@leg.wa.gov

Representative Ruth Kagi
Democrat
Seattle
(360) 786-7910
Ruth.Kagi@leg.wa.gov

Representative Tana Senn
Democrat
Mercer Island
(360) 786-7894
Tana.Senn@leg.wa.gov

Representative Beth Doglio
Democrat
Olympia
(360) 786-7992
Beth.Doglio@leg.wa.gov

Representative Gerry Pollet
Democrat
Seattle
(360) 786-7886
Gerry.Pollet@leg.wa.gov

Representative Strom Peterson
Democrat
Edmonds
(360) 786-7950
Strom.Peterson@leg.wa.gov

Representative Derek Stanford
Democrat
Bothell
(360) 786-7928
Derek.Stanford@leg.wa.gov

Representative Jake Fey
Democrat
Tacoma
(360) 786-7974
Jake.Fey@leg.wa.gov

Representative Sherry Appleton
Democrat
Poulsbo
(360) 786-7934
Sherry.Appleton@leg.wa.gov

Representative Cindy Ryu
Democrat
Seattle
(360) 786-7880
Cindy.Ryu@leg.wa.gov

Representative June Robinson
Democrat
Everett
(360) 786-7864
June.Robinson@leg.wa.gov

Representative Timm Ormsby
Democrat
Spokane
(360) 786-7946
Timm.Ormsby@leg.wa.gov

Representative Vandana Slatter
Democrat
Bellevue
(360) 786-7936
Vandana.Slatter@leg.wa.gov

Representative Shelley Kloba
Democrat
Kirkland
(360) 786-7900
Shelley.Kloba@leg.wa.gov

Representative Javier Valdez
Democrat
Seattle
(360) 786-7818
Javier.Valdez@leg.wa.gov

Representative Steve Bergquist
Democrat
Renton
(360) 786-7862
Steve.Bergquist@leg.wa.gov




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