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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 431

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

Criminal identification and investigation Firearms and dangerous weapons Legislature — Criminal penalties joint review committee on 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, including the frame or receiver of a firearm, unless the

sale or transfer occurs through a federally licensed firearms dealer and involves a

background check of the prospective transferee. Under the bill, the following are

excepted from that prohibition: a sale or transfer to a firearms dealer or to a law

enforcement or armed services agency; a sale or transfer of a firearm classified as

antique; or a transfer that is by gift, bequest, or inheritance to a family member. 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.

Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,

the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a

report.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , B. Meyers (D) , Billings (D) , Bowen (D) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Cabrera (D) , Considine (D) , Crowley (D) , Doyle (D) , Emerson (D) , Fields (D) , Goyke (D) , Gruszynski (D) , Haywood (D) , Hebl (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Hintz (D) , Kolste (D) , L. Myers (D) , McGuire (D) , Milroy (D) , Neubauer (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Riemer (D) , Sargent (D) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Stubbs (D) , Stuck (D) , Subeck (D) , Vining (D) , Vruwink (D) , Zamarripa (D)

14 cosponsors

Bewley (D) , Carpenter (D) , Erpenbach (D) , Hansen (D) , Johnson (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Larson (D) , Miller (D) , Ringhand (D) , Risser (D) , Schachtner (D) , Shilling (D) , Smith (D) , Wirch (D)

Full history

  1. Sep 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Sargent, Stubbs, C. Taylor, Subeck, Zamarripa, Anderson, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabrera, Considine, Crowley, Doyle, Emerson, Fields, Goyke, Gruszynski, Haywood, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Kolste, McGuire, B. Meyers, Milroy, L. Myers, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Pope, Riemer, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stuck, Vining and Vruwink; cosponsored by Senators Johnson, Carpenter, Bewley, Erpenbach, Hansen, Larson, Miller, Ringhand, Risser, Schachtner, Shilling, Smith, L. Taylor and Wirch

  2. Sep 12, 2019 · Assembly

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

  3. Oct 17, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Oct 29, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Nov 8, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1