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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

SB 882

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Relating to: notifying victims of felonies and petitioners in certain injunction actions when the perpetrator of the felony or the subject of the injunction attempts to illegally purchase a handgun.

Attorney general Auction Court — Procedure Crime and criminals — Felony Crime victim Firearms and dangerous weapons Justice, department of Police

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the attorney general to notify law enforcement if, during a

background check that the Department of Justice must conduct on persons

purchasing a handgun, DOJ determines that the person who is attempting to

purchase the handgun is prohibited from possessing a firearm due to the commission

of a felony or due to being subject to certain injunctions, such as a domestic abuse

injunction. Under this bill, the law enforcement agency receiving the notice must

notify the victim of the felony that led to the prohibition or the petitioner in the

injunction process. Current law allows, but does not require, the attorney general

to so notify law enforcement and does not require the victim or petitioner to be

notified of the attempted purchase.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Johnson (D) , Larson (D)

12 cosponsors

Berceau (D) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Crowley (D) , Fields (D) , Genrich (D) , Pope (D) , Sargent (D) , Sinicki (D) , Subeck (D) , Zamarripa (D) , Zepnick (D)

Full history

  1. Mar 22, 2018 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Johnson and Larson; cosponsored by Representatives Sargent, C. Taylor, Brostoff, Berceau, Pope, Zepnick, Sinicki, Crowley, Zamarripa, Fields, Subeck and Genrich

  2. Mar 22, 2018 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Constitution and Federalism

  3. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1