WA Senator Introduces Trespass Fluorescent Orange Bill For Second Time in a Year

[bigtex]

Senator Sheldon has done something very weird. On January 16th he introduced Senate Bill 5233 which would make fluorescent orange painted markings equivalent to a "no trespassing" sign. The bill passed the Senate by a vote of 29-20 but failed to get to a full House vote by the time the regular session ended. The bill was on it's way to passing the House, and still can in the 2015 special session(s) and 2016 session. For info on this bill see: http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,168840.0.html

Now the interesting thing is that on May 1st Senator Sheldon introduced Senate Bill 6117 which is the exact same bill as 5233! So you now have two bills with the exact same language, sponsored by the same senator, introduced in the same year, both active in the senate. There really is no reason for Sheldon to do this other then to show he really wants this concept to pass.

[whacker1]

bigtex - isn't this a common system in other states?.  Marking the corner posts and some in between?

[andrew_in_idaho]

Idaho has this law. It is handy although at the same time paint fades and it can be a pain to tell sometimes whether you are looking at private land or not. Here in idaho though if land isn't cultivated farm ground or posted/painted you can enter to hunt.

[CAMPMEAT]

I think if WE are FORCED to flag/mark our property, so should the state. Every piece they own, everything.

[jackmaster]

a few might already know this on here but just up out of eatonville on a road my dad lives off of, there are a couple individuals who like to go out and post certain properties with no trespassing signs, property that DOES NOT belong to them, thus keeping people out of THEIR hunting spots.. i could see this orange paint making it even easier for people such as these couple of mehoffs to mark property.. that being said maybe this senator forgot he already tried to get this bill passed, dude probably has alsheimers 

[bigtex]

bigtex - isn't this a common system in other states?.  Marking the corner posts and some in between?

There's a few states with a similar law. Seems to be most popular in the SE.

[Knocker of rocks]

I think if WE are FORCED to flag/mark our property, so should the state. Every piece they own, everything.

And how would you fund it?  It could run tens of millions.

And I don't think anyone is really being forced to mark their property in either bill.

[jay.sharkbait]

I think if WE are FORCED to flag/mark our property, so should the state. Every piece they own, everything.

And how would you fund it? 

Cut social services.
Cut L&I benefits for illegal immigrants.

Should I keep going?

[Colville]

Bigtex,  what's the deal? Is it that paint lasts where signs rot or get stolen and so paint is more efficient or is there some other angle here?  If it just allows an orange block to represent no trespass that seems unobjectionable since the vote isn't close to unanimous I figure there's more to it?

[Knocker of rocks]

Cut L&I benefits for illegal immigrants.

Really? 

[jay.sharkbait]

Cut L&I benefits for illegal immigrants.

Really?

Really

[Knocker of rocks]

Cut L&I benefits for illegal immigrants.

Really?

Really

You'll just cut the injured worker loose?  What happens if his employer has been in fact paying into L&I, or if he has been led to believe that his employer has?  What in your mind are the financial obligations of the employers?  Or is it just use up the people till they are broken and then ship them back south of the border?

[jay.sharkbait]

The L&I illegal worker scam went out early 90's in WA. Didnt it?Before mid 90's if I remember correctly this state didnt have a clear understanding of the then federal law on illegal migrant and industrial workers and were actually helping them get employed through vocational training and such.Then when they got hurt on the job L&I insurance would kick in,Now isnt all of that behind us now or is it still ongoing?

Still ongoing

[Colville]

Meanwhile, Batman was caught in the jokers trap and was heard to exclaim:  "Weren't we talking about orange paint becoming a legal no trespass notice? You'll never get me into thread-derail about immigration and workplace injury policy, NEVER."

[jay.sharkbait]

How is this?It is still illegal to work an illegal immigrant an illegal immigrant would be undocumented no green,temp,anything right?

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