Proposed Washington Firearm Legislation SB5615
Legislation Overview
Title: Exempting certain firearms transfers involving military members, law enforcement officers, and corrections officers from background check requirements.
Description: Exempting certain firearms transfers involving military members, law enforcement officers, and corrections officers from background check requirements.
Session: 2015-2016 Regular Session
Last Action: By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Last Action Date: March 10, 2016
Sponsors
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11 sponsors: Donald Benton; Tim Sheldon; Barbara Bailey; Mike Padden; Anna Rivers; Jan Angel; Mark Schoesler; Judith Warnick; Pamela Roach; Jim Honeyford; Kirk Pearson;
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 22% (11 of 49)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Mar 10, 2016 | By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. |
| Senate | Feb 25, 2016 | Senate Rules "X" file. |
| Senate | Jan 19, 2016 | On motion, referred to Rules Green Sheet for second reading. |
| Senate | Jan 11, 2016 | By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. |
| Senate | Jun 28, 2015 | By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. |
| Senate | May 29, 2015 | By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. |
| Senate | Apr 29, 2015 | By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. |
| Senate | Mar 23, 2015 | Senate Rules "X" file. |
| Senate | Mar 4, 2015 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. |
| Senate | Feb 23, 2015 | Made eligible to be placed on second reading. |
| Senate | Feb 16, 2015 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. |
| Senate | Feb 13, 2015 | Minority; do not pass. |
| Senate | Feb 13, 2015 | LAW - Majority; do pass. |
| Senate | Feb 12, 2015 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM. |
| Senate | Feb 9, 2015 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 1:30 PM. |
| Senate | Jan 26, 2015 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 26, 2015 | 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
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
