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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 597

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Relating to: the possession of a firearm by a person who has committed a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)

Crime and criminals Firearms and dangerous weapons Mental health Women Wood county

  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

Current law prohibits a person from possessing a firearm if he or she has been

convicted of a felony, found not guilty of a felony by reason of mental disease or defect,

or adjudicated delinquent for an act that if committed by an adult in this state would

be a felony. Federal law prohibits a person who is convicted of a misdemeanor crime

of domestic violence from possessing a firearm. Under this bill, following a

conviction, or a finding of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, for a

misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, state law also prohibits the person from

possessing a firearm. A person who violates the prohibition is guilty of a felony and

is subject to a fine of up to $25,000 or a term of imprisonment of up to ten years, or

both.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Berceau (D) , Billings (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Fields (D) , Genrich (D) , Hebl (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Kolste (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Sargent (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Zamarripa (D)

4 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Shilling (D)

Full history

  1. Oct 27, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Hebl, C. Taylor, Anderson, Berceau, Billings, Fields, Genrich, Hesselbein, Kolste, Ohnstad, Pope, Sargent, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Subeck and Zamarripa; cosponsored by Senators Johnson, Shilling, Carpenter and Larson

  2. Oct 27, 2017 · Assembly

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

  3. Nov 14, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Dec 5, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1