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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 312

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Relating to: waiting period for purchase of handguns.

Firearms and dangerous weapons Justice department of

  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

Current law provides that, before a federally licensed firearms dealer may

transfer a handgun after a sale, the dealer must request that the Department of

Justice perform a background check on the prospective purchaser to determine if the

purchaser is prohibited from possessing a firearm under federal or state law.

This bill prohibits the dealer from transferring the handgun to the purchaser

until 48 hours have passed since the firearms dealer requested the background check

on the purchaser.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , Hansen (D) , Johnson (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Larson (D) , Miller (D) , Ringhand (D) , Risser (D) , Shilling (D) , Smith (D) , Wirch (D)

27 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Billings (D) , Bowen (D) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Cabrera (D) , Considine (D) , Crowley (D) , Emerson (D) , Fields (D) , Goyke (D) , Gruszynski (D) , Hebl (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Kolste (D) , L. Myers (D) , Neubauer (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Sargent (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Vining (D) , Vruwink (D) , Zamarripa (D)

Full history

  1. Jul 3, 2019 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Carpenter, Johnson, Larson, Risser, Shilling, L. Taylor, Ringhand, Smith, Miller, Hansen and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives C. Taylor, Stubbs, Sargent, Subeck, Hebl, Goyke, Anderson, Crowley, Gruszynski, Sinicki, Kolste, Zamarripa, Spreitzer, Fields, L. Myers, Vruwink, Billings, Hesselbein, Considine, Ohnstad, Neubauer, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabrera, Vining and Emerson

  2. Jul 3, 2019 · Senate

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

  3. Jul 8, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Pope added as a cosponsor

  4. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1