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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 159

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Relating to: sales and transfers of firearms and providing a penalty. (FE)

Criminal identification and investigation Firearms and dangerous weapons Sales Sales tax

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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

Current law provides that various conditions, including a background check of

a prospective purchaser, must be met before a federally licensed firearms dealer may

transfer a handgun after a sale. This bill generally prohibits a person from selling

or transferring a firearm unless the sale or transfer occurs through a federally

licensed firearms dealer and involves a background check of the prospective

transferee. Under this bill, the following are excepted from that prohibition: a sale

or transfer to a firearms dealer, a sale or transfer for which the waiting period for the

purchase of a handgun under current law does not apply, a transfer that is by gift,

bequest, or inheritance to a family member, or a transfer that is intended to be

temporary and that has a purpose that is not illegal. A person who is convicted of

violating the prohibition is guilty of a misdemeanor and must be fined not less than

$500 nor more than $10,000, may be imprisoned for not more than nine months, and

may not possess a firearm for a period of two years.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: C. Larson (D) , Carpenter (D) , Hansen (D) , Harris Dodd (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Ringhand (D) , Risser (D)

25 cosponsors

Barnes (D) , Berceau (D) , Billings (D) , Bowen (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Considine (D) , Genrich (D) , Goyke (D) , Hebl (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Johnson (D) , Kahl (D) , Kessler (D) , Kolste (D) , Meyers (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Riemer (D) , Sargent (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Stuck (D) , Subeck (D) , Young (D) , Zamarripa (D) , Zepnick (D)

Full history

  1. May 14, 2015 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Harris Dodd, Hansen, Carpenter, C. Larson, Ringhand, Risser and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Berceau, Barnes, Goyke, Johnson, Sargent, Billings, Bowen, Genrich, Hebl, Hesselbein, Kahl, Kessler, Kolste, Meyers, Ohnstad, Pope, Riemer, Spreitzer, Stuck, Subeck, C. Taylor, Young, Zamarripa and Zepnick

  2. May 14, 2015 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  3. Jun 1, 2015 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jun 3, 2015 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Jun 12, 2015 · Senate

    Representative Considine added as a cosponsor

  6. Apr 13, 2016 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1