Notice of Committee Passage of Senate Bill 5174

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SB 5174, titled AN ACT Relating to concealed pistol license training requirements, has been passed by the Senate Committee on Law & Justice. 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:

Section 3 of this legislation allows the WSP to charge up to $100 to certify a person as a qualified instructor, or an online course provider, to provide all or part of the training established in Section 2.  This response assumes that we choose to certify and to charge the fee.  We do not know how many individuals and online providers might be interested in having us certify them to provide this training, so we don't have an estimate of cash receipts.  We made an effort to estimate the number of officers employed in law enforcement who would be certified in FY2020.  Among the 260 law enforcement agencies in the state, we estimate 90% would want at least one certified instructor, for a total of 260 x 90% = 234.  Of those 234 agencies, we further estimate that 60% would want a second officer certified (234 x 60% = 140).  That is an estimate of 374 instructors, with cash receipts of 374 x $100 = $37,400.  These certifications last for five years, so those individuals would not need to be re-certified until FY2025.  We don't know how many certifications will be needed for replacement officers during the initial five-year certification period and later.

The following legislators voted do pass:

Senator Jamie Pedersen
Democrat
(360) 786-7628
Jamie.Pedersen@leg.wa.gov

Senator Patty Kuderer
Democrat
(360) 786-7694
Patty.Kuderer@leg.wa.gov

Senator Manka Dhingra
Democrat
(360) 786-7672
Manka.Dhingra@leg.wa.gov

Senator Jesse Salomon
Democrat
(360) 786-7662
SALOMON_JE@leg.wa.gov


The following legislators voted do not pass:

Senator Mike Padden
Republican
(360) 786-7606
Mike.Padden@leg.wa.gov

Senator Jeff Holy
Republican
(360) 786-7610
Jeff.Holy@leg.wa.gov

Senator Lynda Wilson
Republican
(360) 786-7632
Lynda.Wilson@leg.wa.gov


Not voting:

Senator Jeannie Darneille
Democrat
(360) 786-7652
DARNEILL_JE@leg.wa.gov

Senator David Frockt
Democrat
(360) 786-7690
David.Frockt@leg.wa.gov



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