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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 958

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Relating to: going armed at a polling place and providing a penalty.

Elections Firearms and dangerous weapons Legislature — Criminal penalties joint review committee on

  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 generally prohibits carrying a firearm on school grounds, in a

public building, and in a tavern. Current law provides exceptions, such as for law

enforcement officers and, in some public buildings and in taverns, for persons who

have a license to carry a concealed weapon. This bill prohibits carrying a firearm in

or within 40 feet of a polling place or a location where election officials are conducting

a canvass or a recount. The prohibition on the polling place begins one hour before

the polling place opens and ends one hour after the polling place closes. Law

enforcement officers and security personnel are exempted from the prohibitions

created under this bill.

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.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Andraca (D) , Baldeh (D) , Brostoff (D) , Conley (D) , Considine (D) , Emerson (D) , Hebl (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Hong (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D)

5 cosponsors

Agard (D) , Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D)

Full history

  1. Feb 3, 2022 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Stubbs, Andraca, Brostoff, Conley, Considine, Hesselbein, Hong, Subeck, Sinicki, Ohnstad, Emerson, Baldeh, Snodgrass, Spreitzer, Pope, Hebl and Shelton; cosponsored by Senators Larson, Johnson, Roys, Agard and Smith

  2. Feb 3, 2022 · Assembly

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

  3. Feb 3, 2022 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties

  4. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1