DATE CREATED: December 20, 2022
LAST ACTION DATE: 04/25/2023
LAST AMENDMENT DATE: 04/28/2023
PROGRESS: Signed/Enacted/Adopted
BILL ID: SB5078
CATEGORIES: Justice, Budget and Finance
REGION: WA
AN ACT Relating to protecting public safety by establishing 2 duties of firearm industry members engaged in the sale, 3 manufacturing, distribution, importing, or marketing of firearms, 4 ammunition, component parts, or accessories, to adopt and implement 5 reasonable controls to prevent the diversion of firearms and related 6 products to straw purchasers, firearm traffickers, unauthorized 7 individuals, and individuals who pose a risk to themselves or others, 8 to prohibit such firearm industry members from creating or 9 maintaining a public nuisance, and providing for investigation and 10 enforcement by the attorney general; adding a new section to chapter 11 7.48 RCW; creating new sections; and prescribing penalties. 12
SESSION: 2023-2024 Regular Session
VERSIONS: 3
VOTES: 7
LAST ACTION: Effective date 7/23/2023.
ACTIONS: 61
SPONSORS: Jamie Pedersen (D)* , Manka Dhingra (D) , Noel Frame (D) , Bob Hasegawa (D) , Sam Hunt (D) , Karen Keiser (D) , Patty Kuderer (D) , Marko Liias (D) , Joe Nguyen (D) , T'wina Nobles (D) , Christine Rolfes (D) , Rebecca SaldaƱa (D) , Derek Stanford (D) , Yasmin Trudeau (D) , Javier Valdez (D) , Lisa Wellman (D)
KEYWORDS: Highly Explosive Substances, Level Playing Field, Matters Vitally Affecting, Investigative Demand Requiring, Demand Issued Pursuant, Bona Fide Gift, Civil Proceeding Thereon, Gun Violence Victims, Joint Stock Company, Incentivize Firearm Industry