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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 677

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Relating to: prohibition against undetectable firearms, possessing a frame or receiver of a firearm without a serial number, and providing a penalty.

Crime and criminals Crime and criminals — Felony Firearms and dangerous weapons Industrial development 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

This bill prohibits the manufacture, transportation, sale, possession, and

carrying of firearms that cannot be detected by metal detectors or airport x-ray

machines or scanners. Federal law currently has a comparable prohibition; under

this bill, the person would violate state law as well. A person who violates the state

prohibition is guilty of a Class G felony.

This bill also prohibits the sale, posting, provision, or possession of plans for

manufacturing an undetectable firearm. A person who violates the prohibition is

guilty of a Class H felony.

Finally, the bill prohibits the possession of a frame or a receiver of a firearm that

is not marked with a serial number. A person who violates the prohibition is guilty

of a Class I felony.

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) , Bare (D) , Clancy (D) , Conley (D) , Considine (D) , Emerson (D) , Hong (D) , J. Anderson (D) , Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Madison (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Palmeri (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Vining (D)

9 cosponsors

Agard (D) , Hesselbein (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Neubauer (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Taylor (D)

Full history

  1. Nov 27, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Joers, Subeck, Hong, Conley, Emerson, Andraca, Ratcliff, Vining, Bare, Shelton, Considine, Ohnstad, Sinicki, J. Anderson, Palmeri, Stubbs, Jacobson, Madison and Clancy; cosponsored by Senators Hesselbein, Smith, Taylor, L. Johnson, Larson, Roys, Spreitzer and Agard

  2. Nov 27, 2023 · Assembly

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

  3. Dec 6, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Neubauer added as a coauthor

  4. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1