Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Relating to: prohibition against undetectable firearms, possessing a frame or receiver of a firearm without a serial number, and providing a penalty.
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- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
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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 this 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 this 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: Carpenter (D) , Dassler-Alfheim (D) , Drake (D) , Habush Sinykin (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Keyeski (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D)
37 cosponsors
Andraca (D) , Arney (D) , Bare (D) , Billings (D) , Brown (D) , Clancy (D) , Cruz (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Emerson (D) , Fitzgerald (D) , Goodwin (D) , Haywood (D) , Hong (D) , Hysell (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Johnson (D) , Kirsch (D) , Mayadev (D) , McCarville (D) , Miresse (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Neubauer (D) , Palmeri (D) , Prado (D) , Rivera-Wagner (D) , Roe (D) , Sheehan (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Stroud (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Taylor (D) , Tenorio (D) , Udell (D) , Vining (D)
Registered lobbying interests · 4
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Full history
- Jun 19, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Larson, Roys, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Ratcliff, Smith, Spreitzer and Carpenter; cosponsored by Representatives Joers, Fitzgerald, Subeck, Hong, Andraca, Stubbs, Vining, Clancy, Arney, Bare, Brown, Cruz, DeSmidt, Emerson, Goodwin, Hysell, Haywood, Johnson, Kirsch, Mayadev, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Palmeri, Prado, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Stroud, Taylor, Tenorio and Udell
- Jun 19, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs
- Sep 10, 2025 · Senate
Representative Billings added as a cosponsor
- Sep 23, 2025 · Senate
Representative McCarville added as a cosponsor
- Jan 9, 2026 · Senate
Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1