Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session
Relating to: persons who use medical marijuana legally and possession of a firearm and confidentiality of the registry status of a person on a medical marijuana registry.
Drugs — Criminal acts and law enforcement Firearms and dangerous weapons Health services department of — Administration Justice department of Privacy
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, when a person purchases a handgun, the firearms dealer
may not transfer the handgun to the purchaser until the dealer requests the
Department of Justice to conduct a firearms restrictions record search to determine
if the purchaser is prohibited from possessing a firearm under state or federal law.
DOJ must conduct an identical search on a person who applies for a license to carry
a concealed weapon. This bill prohibits DOJ, when conducting a search to determine
if a person is prohibited from possessing a firearm, from considering if the person
participates in a medical marijuana program that is legal under state or federal law.
This bill also prohibits the Department of Health Services from disclosing to
any federal agency the registry status of a person who participates in a medical
marijuana registry program that is legal under state or federal law.
Sponsors
Full history
- May 24, 2019 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Sortwell, Felzkowski, Magnafici, Quinn, Duchow and Edming; cosponsored by Senator Bernier
- May 24, 2019 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs
- Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1