This week your property rights advocate and lobbyist in Olympia was basically accused by a partisan Senator of claiming the property rights of Washington's Citizens was more important than some others' property rights! The accusation was laughable at best for anyone familiar with the long standing fight for property rights Citizens' Alliance for Property Rights has conducted over the years! CAPR as an organization has always fought for everyone's property rights, and the notion of one right or one persons right being more important than another is a foreign concept that is frankly unimaginable! With that insight into Olympia think, I present to you the bills of concern for this week, and urge all citizens to call and email those in Olympia and demonstrate the importance of all property rights by asking for these bills to receive their due diligence! Thank you to the many concerned citizens calling and emailing. You are being heard in Olympia! Urgent Action! Your Calls Will Restore Property Rights! CAPR members, friends and allies, our property rights friendly legislators need our help to turn the tide on these bills! This exhaustive list of bills is long, this may be the best year for property rights in many years! Please take advantage of this momentum we have gained and call on the bills! There are new bills added to this list, please continue the campaign for our property rights and call and email to support these property rights protecting bills!!! The political pressure is building. Your calls and emails are stirring the pot! You are being heard! Progress has been made on a few bills, but the legislature is falling short of the needed reform! Your calls are still urgently needed to get bills to the floor before the February 20th cut off date!!! Legislative hotline: 1.800.562.6000 Property Rights Bills Currant Status Bills on Eminent Domain! SB 5188 on Feb 6 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. The Rules Committee will decide if the bill will go to the floor for a second reading! Your voices are making it possible to have an eminent domain bill this year! Please call and email the Rules Committee and ask to have this bill go to the floor for a vote! Lt Governor Brad Owens (360) 786-7700 ltgov@leg.wa.gov Senator Pam Roach (360) 786-7660 pam.roach@leg.wa.gov SB 5188, Read original text: http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5188.pdf SB 5189 has not recieved a hearing! We need to call the hotline and ask SB 5189 to get a hearing! SB 5189, Read original text: http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5189.pdf SB 5363 has not progressed! We need to call the hotline and send emails supporting SB 5363 and asking to have it heard in Executive Committee so it can go on to the rules committee! SB 5363, Read original text: http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5363.pdf Please send this email to the chairman of the Law and Justice Committee, Senator Mike Padden and let him know you support the passage of these bills! mike.padden@leg.wa.gov We can expect one more eminent domain bill to surface this week! Prime Sponsored by Representative Jeff Holy and sponsored by 22 other representatives who understand the need for eminent domain reform! Thank you Representative Holy we look forward to supporting this bill! We do not have a bill number yet, but the bill title will be: Prohibiting the use of eminent domain for economic development. Three bills to save our Farmers, Ranchers, and Agricultural Lands! We are still waiting for an executive hearing on this bill set! According to the Washington State Department of Agriculture, our agriculture and food industry is worth $49 billion to the state economy. Support our agricultural value and your safe and locally produced food by calling the Legislative Hotline: 1.800.562.6000 and telling your legislators you support HB 1215, HB 1629 HB 1630 and their companion bills in the Senate! Please send these e-mails to the Chairmen of the Local Government Committee and let these representatives know you support the passage of these bills! dean.takko@leg.wa.gov david.taylor@leg.wa.gov We need to call the hotline and email Representatives Dean Takko, and David Taylor asking for HB 1215 to pass from Executive Session to the Rules Committee! HB 1215 Restricting the conversion of agricultural land to other uses under the growth management act. http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/1215.pdf We need to call the hotline and email Representatives Dean Takko, and David Taylor asking for HB 1629 to pass from Executive Session to the Rules Committee! HB 1629 Prohibiting conversion of agricultural lands to wetlands or fish habitat under the shoreline management act. http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/1629.pdf We need to call the hotline and email Representatives Dean Takko, and David Taylor asking for HB 1629 to pass from Executive Session to the Rules Committee! HB 1630 Prohibiting conversion of agricultural lands to wetlands or fish habitat under the growth management act and the shoreline management act. http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/1630.pdf Seven bills to restore your water rights! Do you know that thousands could lose their water availability and have properties without a continuous supply of water if these bills do not get passed! This is a serious problem for every citizen in the state, and the loss of water rights is spreading statewide! Please prevent this damage to properties across the state! Help stop this injustice!!! WATER RIGHTS! These Bills Must Be Passed to stop the hardship to thousands of property owners who have lost their water rights!!! Please send an email and/or a phone call to chair Senator Warnick and ask for these bills to receive an executive hearing so they can pass onto the rules committee! Senator Warnick (360) 786-7624 judy.warnick@leg.wa.gov We need to call and send emails to Senator Warnick supporting SB 5129 and asking to have it heard in Executive Committee so it can go on to the rules committee! 1. SB 5129 – Concerning overriding considerations of the public interest in management of the waters of the state. http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5129.pdf We need to call and send emails to Senator Warnick supporting SB 5131 and asking to have it heard in Executive Committee so it can go on to the rules committee! 2. SB 5131 – Concerning the Skagit instream flow rule. http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5131.pdf We need to call and send emails to Senator Warnick supporting SB 5407 and asking to have it heard in Executive Committee so it can go on to the rules committee! 3. SB 5407 – Concerning existing lots and the Skagit instream flow rule. http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5407.pdf We need to call and send emails to Senator Warnick supporting SB 5134 and asking to have it heard in Executive Committee so it can go on to the rules committee! 4. SB 5134 – Concerning base flows and minimum instream flows. http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5134.pdf We need to call and send emails to Senator Warnick supporting SB 5135 and asking to have it heard in Executive Committee so it can go on to the rules committee! 5. SB 5135 – Ensuring that certain existing water uses are not subject to interruption. http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5135.pdf We need to call and send emails to Senator Warnick supporting SB 5136 and asking to have it heard in Executive Committee so it can go on to the rules committee! 6. SB 5136 – Repealing an instream flow rule and adopting a new instream flow rule. http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5136.pdf SB 5491 was passed from executive hearing to the Rules Committee 7. SB 5491 – Maintaining reservations of water for certain future uses. http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5491.pdf We need to email the Senate Rules Committee Chairs and ask for all these bills to pass from executive hearing and the rules committee for a hearing on the floor! Lt Governor Brad Owens ltgov@leg.wa.gov, Senator Pam Roach pam.roach@leg.wa.gov Bills to reign in and reverse the damage caused by agencies!!! HB 1204 is scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government Feb 10 at 10:00 am. Please call and/or email Representative Sam Hunt (360) 786-7992 sam.hunt@leg.wa.gov and Representative Jeff Holy (360) 786-7962 jeff.holy@leg.wa.gov HB 1204 - Limiting the enforcement of policies of the department of ecology. http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/1204.pdf HB 1209 is scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government Feb 10 at 10:00 AM. Please call and/or email Representative Sam Hunt (360) 786-7992 sam.hunt@leg.wa.gov and Representative Jeff Holy(360) 786-7962 jeff.holy@leg.wa.gov HB 1209-Concerning proceedings of the joint administrative rules review committee. http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/1209.pdf HB 1375 is scheduled for a public hearing in the House Committee on State Government Feb 10 at 10:00 am. Please call and/or email Representative Sam Hunt (360) 786-7992 sam.hunt@leg.wa.gov and Representative Jeff Holy(360) 786-7962 jeff.holy@leg.wa.gov HB 1375 - Concerning criminal trespass on private property. http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/1375.pdf SB 5013 is Scheduled for executive session in the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Water & Rural Economic Development at 8:00 AM. Please call and/or email Senator Warnick (360) 786-7624 judy.warnick@leg.wa.gov and ask her to pass 5013 and send it to the Rules Committee. SB 5013 - Regarding the use of designated agricultural lands. http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5013.pdf SB 5168 is waiting for an executive hearing. Please email and/or call Senator Warnick (360) 786-7624 and Senator Hatfield (360) 786-7636 brian.hatfield@leg.wa.gov and ask for an executive hearing. SB 5168 - Addressing the definition of agricultural lands under the shoreline management act. http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5168.pdf SB 5169 is waiting for an executive hearing. Please email and/or call Senator Warnick (360) 786-7624 judy.warnick@leg.wa.gov and Senator Hatfield (360) 786-7636 brian.hatfield@leg.wa.gov and ask for an executive hearing. SB 5169 Restricting the conversion of agricultural land to other uses under the growth management act. http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5169.pdf SB 5170 is waiting for an executive hearing. Please email and/or call Senator Warnick (360) 786-7624 judy.warnick@leg.wa.gov and Senator Hatfield (360) 786-7636 brian.hatfield@leg.wa.gov and ask for an executive hearing. SB 5170- Restricting the conversion of agricultural land to other uses under the growth management act and shoreline management act. http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5170.pdf SB 5622 is scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Energy and Environment & Telecommunications Feb 10 at 1:30 PM. Please call and/or email Senator Ericksen and ask for a do pass to an executive hearing. Senator Ericksen (360) 786-7682 doug.ericksen@leg.wa.gov and Senator Tim Sheldon (360) 786-7668 timothy.sheldon@leg.wa.gov and ask for an executive hearing. SB 5622 - Requiring that the departments of fish and wildlife and ecology use empirical science to support agency actions affecting land use. http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5622.pdf And a bill that must be stopped in its tracks! HB 1162 would provide for a "study" which would actually be a ban on motorized mineral prospecting. This bill would if passed actually defy and break federal law, disallowing the use of a federal mining claim. Federal mining claims are property rights as proven by many Supreme Court cases. All Property Rights must be protected! Please call and or email Representative Blake (360) 786-7870 brian.blake@leg.wa.gov and Representative Lytton (360) 786-7800 kristine.lytton@leg.wa.gov and tell them you do not want this unconstitutional law! HB 1162 - Concerning motorized mineral prospecting. http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/1162.pdfhttp://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/1162.pdf Bills Protecting Washingtons Citizens and their Property from Wolves! Last week 7 bills were heard that would protect Washington Citizens and their properties from wolf predation, disease, and the unjust burden of bearing a wolf population on behalf of the State of Washington. These bills are now stalled and must move on to Executive Hearings. Please call and or email these committee chairs so they may move these hearings forward. Representative Blake (360) 786-7870 brian.blake@leg.wa.gov and Representative Lytton (360) 786-7800 kristine.lytton@leg.wa.gov HB 1225- Increasing the social acceptance of endangered species recovery by providing the fish and wildlife commission with the tools necessary to enact changes to the status of a species. http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/1225.pdf HB 1199- Providing the fish and wildlife commission with the tools necessary to enact changes to the status of a species. http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/1199.pdf HB 1224- Accelerating the rate of wolf recovery in Washington. http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/1224.pdf HJM 4002- Requesting the Washington fish and wildlife commission to revisit the gray wolf conservation and management plan. http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/House%20Joint%20Memorials/4002-Wolf%20conserv.%20and%20mgmt%20plan.pdf HB 1676- Understanding the effects of predation on wild ungulate populations. http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/1676.pdf HB 1791- Requiring the department of fish and wildlife to manage wolf-related wildlife interactions using lethal means when certain conditions are satisfied. http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/1791.pdf HB 1792- Requiring the department of fish and wildlife to amend the existing wolf conservation and management plan. http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2015-16/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/1792.pdf These bills would prevent the lapses in management that have led to so many livestock and wildlife predation and problems. They would actually protect citizens from all mammalian wildlife! Thank you for helping to give property rights a strong voice in Olympia! If we all send calls and emails, we will have the strength to get these bills passed! If this work to get these bills drafted, sponsored,assigned legislative bill numbers, and passed is the kind of work you appreciate, please consider a CAPR PAC donation to keep this effort funded! Together we can get these property rights bills passed! Thank you for your help in getting the restoration and respect for Property Rights that should always be the main goal of our state government! http://www.capr.us/capr_pp_donate.php
February 8, 2015