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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 638

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: grants for firearm buyback programs and making an appropriation. (FE)

County Firearms and dangerous weapons Justice department of Police

  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

This bill sets up a program administered by the Department of Justice to

provide grants to counties or law enforcement agencies that implement a firearm

buyback program that meets certain criteria.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Agard (D) , Carpenter (D) , Hesselbein (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Roys (D) , Spreitzer (D)

18 cosponsors

Andraca (D) , Baldeh (D) , Bare (D) , Clancy (D) , Conley (D) , Drake (D) , Emerson (D) , J. Anderson (D) , Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Madison (D) , Neubauer (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stubbs (D)

Full history

  1. Nov 7, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Agard, L. Johnson, Carpenter, Spreitzer, Roys, Hesselbein and Larson; cosponsored by Representatives Joers, Bare, Baldeh, Emerson, Ratcliff, Ortiz-Velez, Andraca, Palmeri, Sinicki, Conley, Drake, Jacobson, J. Anderson, Ohnstad, Stubbs, Madison and Clancy

  2. Nov 7, 2023 · Senate

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

  3. Dec 6, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Neubauer added as a cosponsor

  4. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1