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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 579

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Relating to: voluntary prohibitions on purchasing a handgun. (FE)

Firearms and dangerous weapons Justice, department of

  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

This bill requires the Department of Justice to allow individuals to prohibit

themselves from purchasing a handgun. Under the bill, DOJ must maintain a

database of individuals who voluntarily prohibit themselves from purchasing a

handgun. An individual may request inclusion in the database by submitting a

request to DOJ that indicates the length of the prohibition: a one-year, irrevocable

prohibition; a five-year prohibition, the first year being irrevocable; or a 20-year

prohibition, the first year being irrevocable. During a revocable period, an individual

may remove the prohibition by submitting to DOJ a request for removal and an

affidavit from a licensed psychiatrist or psychologist stating that the individual may

possess a firearm without being a danger to himself or herself or another. This bill

also requires DOJ, when responding to a request for a background check from a

licensed firearm dealer regarding an individual who is in the database, to indicate

that the individual is prohibited from purchasing a handgun.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Berceau (D) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Considine (D) , Fields (D) , Genrich (D) , Goyke (D) , Kolste (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Sargent (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Vruwink (D) , Zamarripa (D) , Zepnick (D)

3 cosponsors

Hintz (D) , Johnson (D) , Larson (D)

Full history

  1. Oct 24, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Sargent, Considine, Zamarripa, Anderson, C. Taylor, Brostoff, Subeck, Spreitzer, Zepnick, Goyke, Pope, Sinicki, Ohnstad, Berceau, Kolste, Fields, Vruwink and Genrich; cosponsored by Senators Johnson and Larson

  2. Oct 24, 2017 · Assembly

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

  3. Oct 26, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Hintz added as a coauthor

  4. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1