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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

SB 17

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Relating to: purchasing or possessing a firearm for a person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm and providing a criminal penalty.

Crime and criminals — Felony Firearms and dangerous weapons

  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

Under current law, a person who furnishes with a firearm a person who is

prohibited from possessing a firearm may be convicted of illegally possessing a

firearm, a Class G felony. This bill adds that a person who purchases or intentionally

possesses a firearm for a person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm may be

convicted of illegally possessing a firearm.

Sponsors

Introduced by: C. Larson (D) , Carpenter (D) , Risser (D)

8 cosponsors

Barca (D) , Berceau (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Hebl (D) , Sargent (D) , Sinicki (D) , Subeck (D) , Wachs (D)

Full history

  1. Feb 2, 2017 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Carpenter, C. Larson and Risser; cosponsored by Representatives C. Taylor, Berceau, Hebl, Sargent, Subeck, Wachs and Sinicki

  2. Feb 2, 2017 · Senate

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

  3. Mar 27, 2017 · Senate

    Representative Barca added as a cosponsor

  4. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1