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Proposed Washington Firearm Legislation SB5232

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Enhancing requirements for the purchase or transfer of firearms.

Description: Enhancing requirements for the purchase or transfer of firearms.

Session: 2023-2024 Regular Session

Last Action: By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

Last Action Date: January 8, 2024

Sponsors

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

7 sponsors: Jesse Salomon (D); Marko Liias (D); Manka Dhingra (D); Samuel Hunt (D); Jamie Pedersen (D); Derek Stanford (D); Javier Valdez (D);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 14% (7 of 49)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Jan 8, 2024 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Senate Feb 17, 2023 Referred to Ways & Means.
Senate Feb 16, 2023 LAW - Majority; do pass.
Senate Feb 16, 2023 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
Senate Feb 16, 2023 And refer to Ways & Means.
Senate Feb 16, 2023 Minority; do not pass.
Senate Feb 9, 2023 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
Senate Feb 2, 2023 Public hearing scheduled, but not heard in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
Senate Jan 10, 2023 First reading, referred to Law & Justice.
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced not available state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
02/16/2023 6 5 0 0 Yes
  • Dhingra, Manka (D) Yea
  • Kuderer, Patty (D) Yea
  • McCune, James (R) Nay
  • Padden, Mike (R) Nay
  • Pedersen, Jamie (D) Yea
  • Salomon, Jesse (D) Yea
  • Torres, Nikki (R) Nay
  • Trudeau, Yasmin (D) Yea
  • Valdez, Javier (D) Yea
  • Wagoner, Keith (R) Nay
  • Wilson, Lynda (R) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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