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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 65

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

Criminal identification and investigation Firearms and dangerous weapons Sales

  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 provides that certain 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 any 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, to law enforcement, or to a member of the armed

services; a sale or transfer of a firearm classified as antique; 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: Anderson (D) , Berceau (D) , Billings (D) , Bowen (D) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Crowley (D) , Fields (D) , Goyke (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Kolste (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Riemer (D) , Sargent (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Wachs (D) , Young (D) , Zamarripa (D)

8 cosponsors

C. Larson (D) , Carpenter (D) , Johnson (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Miller (D) , Pope (D) , Risser (D) , Shilling (D)

Votes

Suspending the rules (to take a vote immediately) needs a two-thirds majority — a higher bar than passing the bill, which needs a simple majority. That's why a suspension motion can show more Ayes than the passage vote that follows it. Glossary

Assembly: Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted, Ayes 68, Noes 27

Passed 68–27 Feb 20, 2018 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 60, Noes 35

Passed 60–35 Feb 20, 2018 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted, Ayes 64, Noes 31

Passed 64–31 Feb 20, 2018 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND

Passed 60–35 Feb 20, 2018 official source full page

Aye · 60

Not voting · 3

Assembly: PASSAGE

Passed 71–24 Feb 20, 2018 official source full page

Aye · 71

Not voting · 3

Assembly: Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on State Affairs, and take up Ayes 95, Noes 0

Passed 95–0 Feb 20, 2018 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Feb 13, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Berceau, C. Taylor, Goyke, Fields, Crowley, Kolste, Ohnstad, Anderson, Sargent, Subeck, Spreitzer, Brostoff, Young, Hesselbein, Zamarripa, Riemer, Sinicki, Billings, Wachs and Bowen; cosponsored by Senators Johnson, Carpenter, Miller, C. Larson, Risser and L. Taylor

  2. Feb 13, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. Feb 17, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Pope added as a coauthor

  4. Feb 20, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Feb 22, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Feb 24, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Mar 13, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Mar 14, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  9. Apr 26, 2017 · Assembly

    Senator Shilling added as a cosponsor

  10. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  11. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kleefisch

  12. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Point of order that Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 not germane under Assembly Rule 54 not well taken

  13. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Decision of the Chair appealed

  14. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Decision of the Chair upheld, Ayes 60, Noes 35

  15. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Spreitzer

  16. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sanfelippo

  17. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted, Ayes 68, Noes 27

  18. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Spreitzer

  19. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 60, Noes 35

  20. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  21. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Pope and Barca

  22. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  23. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted, Ayes 64, Noes 31

  24. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  25. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  26. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 71, Noes 24

  27. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  28. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1)

  29. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1)

  30. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on State Affairs, and take up Ayes 95, Noes 0

  31. Feb 21, 2018 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  32. Mar 9, 2018 · Senate

    Printed engrossed by the direction of the Senate Chief Clerk-5570

  33. Mar 13, 2018 · Senate

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

  34. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1