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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 527

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Relating to: grants related to preventing suicide by firearm and making an appropriation. (FE)

County — Human services County — Taxation Death Firearms and dangerous weapons Health services department of — Administration Health services department of — Corrections Municipality Organization miscellaneous

  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

This bill requires the Department of Health Services to award grants to

organizations or coalitions of organizations, including cities, villages, towns, and

counties, for 1) sharing guidelines and training staff at a firearm retailer or firearm

range on avoiding selling or renting a firearm to persons who may be considering

suicide; 2) providing suicide prevention materials for distribution at a firearm

retailer or firearm range; or 3) providing voluntary firearm storage. A grant

recipient must contribute matching funds or in-kind services having a value equal

to at least 20 percent of the grant amount.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , B. Meyers (D) , Ballweg (R) , Bowen (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Cabrera (D) , Considine (D) , Dittrich (R) , Doyle (D) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , James (R) , Kitchens (R) , Kulp (R) , Kurtz (R) , Loudenbeck (R) , Milroy (D) , Mursau (R) , Neubauer (D) , Novak (R) , Oldenburg (R) , Petersen (R) , Petryk (R) , Plumer (R) , Riemer (D) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Sargent (D) , Schraa (R) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Tittl (R) , Tranel (R) , Tusler (R) , Vining (D) , Vruwink (D) , Wittke (R) , Zamarripa (D) , Zimmerman (R)

7 cosponsors

Bernier (R) , Carpenter (D) , Feyen (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Larson (D) , Olsen (R) , Schachtner (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Nov 1, 2019 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Nov 1, 2019 official source full page

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

Assembly: PASSAGE

Passed 92–2 Nov 7, 2019 official source full page

Aye · 92

Nay · 2

Full history

  1. Oct 14, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives James, Sargent, Bowen, Anderson, Ballweg, Cabrera, Considine, Doyle, Duchow, Edming, Kitchens, Kulp, Kurtz, Loudenbeck, B. Meyers, Milroy, Mursau, Neubauer, Novak, Oldenburg, Petersen, Petryk, Plumer, Ramthun, Riemer, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Schraa, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Subeck, C. Taylor, Tittl, Tranel, Tusler, Vining, Vruwink, Zamarripa, Zimmerman, Wittke and Dittrich; cosponsored by Senators Bernier, Carpenter, Feyen, Olsen, L. Taylor, Schachtner and Larson

  2. Oct 14, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government

  3. Oct 22, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Oct 25, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Oct 25, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative James

  6. Oct 29, 2019 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Nov 1, 2019 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  8. Nov 1, 2019 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  9. Nov 1, 2019 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Nov 5, 2019 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 11-7-2019 by Committee on Rules

  11. Nov 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  12. Nov 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  13. Nov 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Nov 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  15. Nov 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 92, Noes 2

  16. Nov 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Ramthun withdrawn as a coauthor

  17. Nov 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  18. Nov 8, 2019 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  19. Feb 28, 2020 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Health and Human Services

  20. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1