Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session
Relating to: court orders that prohibit a person from possessing a firearm under federal law.
Court — Procedure Family Firearms and dangerous weapons Sheriff
- 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
Domestic violence protection orders
Under federal law, a person is prohibited from possessing a firearm if the person
is subject to a court order that restrains the person from harassing, stalking, or
threatening an intimate partner or the partner's child and that contains a finding
that the person represents a credible threat to the safety of the partner or child or
an explicit term that prohibits the person from using, attempting to use, or
threatening to use physical force against the partner or child.
Under this bill, if a person is released on bail or bond and the court issues such
an order, the clerk of court must send a copy of the order to the appropriate sheriff
within one business day of the person's release. The sheriff must then enter the court
order into the information system so that law enforcement has access to the order
similar to how law enforcement has access to other orders for domestic violence,
harassment, or child abuse that prohibit a person from possessing a firearm.
Sponsors
Introduced by: Andraca (D) , B. Meyers (D) , Billings (D) , Brostoff (D) , Cabrera (D) , Conley (D) , Considine (D) , Drake (D) , Emerson (D) , Goyke (D) , Hebl (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Hong (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , S. Rodriguez (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Vining (D)
Full history
- Feb 16, 2022 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives S. Rodriguez, Andraca, Goyke, Billings, Brostoff, Conley, Considine, Drake, Emerson, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hong, B. Meyers, Ohnstad, Pope, Shelton, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Subeck, Vining and Cabrera; cosponsored by Senators Agard, Roys, Carpenter, Johnson, Larson and Ringhand
- Feb 16, 2022 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary
- Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1