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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 895

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: a requirement to report lost or stolen firearms and providing criminal penalties. (FE)

Crime and criminals Firearms and dangerous weapons Police Sales Sales tax

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under this bill, a person who owns a firearm that is stolen or missing must

report the theft or loss to a law enforcement agency within 24 hours of discovering

the theft or loss. A person who violates this requirement is guilty of a Class A

misdemeanor for a first offense and guilty of a Class I felony for a second or

subsequent offense. A person who falsely reports a stolen or lost firearm is guilty of

the current-law crime of obstructing an officer and is subject to a fine of up to $10,000

or a sentence of imprisonment of up to nine months, or both.

This bill also requires a person who commercially sells or transfers a firearm

to provide the purchaser or transferee a written notice of the requirement, created

in this bill, to report a theft or loss of a firearm within 24 hours of discovering it. A

seller or transferor who violates this requirement is subject to a fine of up to $500 or

imprisonment for up to 30 days, or both.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Berceau (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Johnson (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Sinicki (D) , Subeck (D) , Zepnick (D)

1 cosponsors

C. Larson (D)

Full history

  1. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Subeck, Berceau, Johnson, Ohnstad, Sinicki, C. Taylor and Zepnick; cosponsored by Senator C. Larson

  2. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  3. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1