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Passed Washington Firearm Legislation HB1949

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Legislation Overview

Title: Conducting a feasibility study to examine and make recommendations regarding the establishment of a single point of contact firearm background check system.

Description: Conducting a feasibility study to examine and make recommendations regarding the establishment of a single point of contact firearm background check system.

Session: 2019-2020 Regular Session

Last Action: Effective date 7/28/2019.

Last Action Date: April 17, 2019

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'.

5 sponsors: Drew Hansen (D); Morgan Irwin (R); Daniel Griffey (R); Christine Kilduff (D); Jenny Graham (R);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 5% (5 of 98)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Apr 17, 2019 Effective date 7/28/2019.
House Apr 17, 2019 Chapter 35, 2019 Laws.
House Apr 17, 2019 Governor signed.
House Apr 11, 2019 Delivered to Governor.
Senate Apr 8, 2019 President signed.
House Apr 5, 2019 Speaker signed.
Senate Apr 3, 2019 Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
Senate Apr 3, 2019 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Senate Apr 2, 2019 Placed on second reading consent calendar.
Senate Mar 22, 2019 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Senate Mar 21, 2019 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM.
Senate Mar 21, 2019 LAW - Majority; do pass.
Senate Mar 18, 2019 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM.
Senate Mar 8, 2019 First reading, referred to Law & Justice.
House Mar 6, 2019 Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
House Mar 6, 2019 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
House Mar 6, 2019 1st substitute bill substituted
House Mar 4, 2019 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
House Mar 1, 2019 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
House Feb 27, 2019 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
House Feb 27, 2019 APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Civil Rights & Judiciary.
House Feb 26, 2019 Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
House Feb 22, 2019 CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
House Feb 22, 2019 Referred to Appropriations.
House Feb 22, 2019 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM.
House Feb 19, 2019 Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM.
House Feb 7, 2019 First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary.
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Chaptered Apr 23, 2019 state link bill text
Enrolled Apr 5, 2019 state link bill text
Comm Sub Feb 25, 2019 state link bill text
Introduced Feb 6, 2019 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
03/6/2019 97 0 0 1 Yes
  • Appleton, Sherry (D) Absent
  • Barkis, Andrew (R) Yea
  • Bergquist, Steve (D) Yea
  • Blake, Brian (D) Yea
  • Boehnke, Matt (R) Yea
  • Caldier, Michelle (R) Yea
  • Callan, Lisa (D) Yea
  • Chambers, Kelly (R) Yea
  • Chandler, Bruce (R) Yea
  • Chapman, Mike (D) Yea
  • Chopp, Frank (D) Yea
  • Cody, Eileen (D) Yea
  • Corry, Chris (R) Yea
  • Davis, Lauren (D) Yea
  • DeBolt, Richard (R) Yea
  • Dent, Tom (R) Yea
  • Doglio, Beth (D) Yea
  • Dolan, Laurie (D) Yea
  • Dufault, Jeremie (R) Yea
  • Dye, Mary (R) Yea
  • Entenman, Debra (D) Yea
  • Eslick, Carolyn (R) Yea
  • Fey, Jake (D) Yea
  • Fitzgibbon, Joe (D) Yea
  • Frame, Noel (D) Yea
  • Gildon, Chris (R) Yea
  • Goehner, Keith (R) Yea
  • Goodman, Roger (D) Yea
  • Graham, Virginia (R) Yea
  • Gregerson, Mia (D) Yea
  • Griffey, Daniel (R) Yea
  • Hansen, Drew (D) Yea
  • Harris, Paul (R) Yea
  • Hoff, Larry (R) Yea
  • Hudgins, Zack (D) Yea
  • Irwin, Morgan (R) Yea
  • Jenkin, William (R) Yea
  • Jinkins, Laurie (D) Yea
  • Killduff, Christine (D) Yea
  • Kirby, Steve (D) Yea
  • Klippert, Bradley (R) Yea
  • Kloba, Shelley (D) Yea
  • Kraft, Vicki (R) Yea
  • Kretz, Joel (R) Yea
  • Kruger-Leavitt, Mari (D) Yea
  • Lekanoff, Debra (D) Yea
  • Lovick, John (D) Yea
  • MacEwen, Drew (R) Yea
  • Macri, Nicole (D) Yea
  • Maycumber, Jacquelin (R) Yea
  • McCaslin, Bob (R) Yea
  • Mead, Jared (D) Yea
  • Morgan, Melanie (D) Yea
  • Morris, Jeff (D) Yea
  • Mosbrucker, Gina (R) Yea
  • Orcutt, Ed (R) Yea
  • Ormsby, Timm (D) Yea
  • Ortiz-Self, Lillian (D) Yea
  • Orwall, Tina (D) Yea
  • Paul, Dave (D) Yea
  • Pellicciotti, Mike (D) Yea
  • Peterson, Strom (D) Yea
  • Pettigrew, Eric (D) Yea
  • Pollet, Gerry (D) Yea
  • Ramos, Bill (D) Yea
  • Reeves, Kristine (D) Yea
  • Riccelli, Marcus (D) Yea
  • Robinson, June (D) Yea
  • Rude, Skyler (R) Yea
  • Ryu, Cindy (D) Yea
  • Santos, Sharon (D) Yea
  • Schmick, Joe (R) Yea
  • Sells, Michael (D) Yea
  • Senn, Tana (D) Yea
  • Shea, Matt (R) Yea
  • Shewmake, Sharon (D) Yea
  • Slatter, Vandana (D) Yea
  • Smith, Norma (R) Yea
  • Springer, Lawrence (D) Yea
  • Stanford, Derek (D) Yea
  • Steele, Mike (R) Yea
  • Stokesbary, Drew (R) Yea
  • Stonier, Monica (D) Yea
  • Sullivan, Pat (D) Yea
  • Sutherland, Robert (R) Yea
  • Tarleton, Gael (D) Yea
  • Thai, My-Linh (D) Yea
  • Tharinger, Steve (D) Yea
  • Valdez, Javier (D) Yea
  • Van Werven, Luanne (R) Yea
  • Vick, Brandon (R) Yea
  • Volz, Mike (R) Yea
  • Walen, Amy (D) Yea
  • Walsh, Maureen (R) Yea
  • Wilcox, James (R) Yea
  • Wylie, Sharon (D) Yea
  • Ybarra, Alex (R) Yea
  • Young, Jesse (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
04/3/2019 48 0 0 1 Yes
  • Bailey, Barbara (R) Yea
  • Becker, Randi (R) Yea
  • Billig, Andrew (D) Yea
  • Braun, John (R) Yea
  • Brown, Sharon (R) Yea
  • Carlyle, Reuven (D) Yea
  • Cleveland, Annette (D) Yea
  • Conway, Steven (D) Yea
  • Darneille, Jeannie (D) Yea
  • Das, Mona (D) Yea
  • Dhingra, Manka (D) Yea
  • Ericksen, Douglas (R) Yea
  • Fortunato, Phil (R) Yea
  • Frockt, David (D) Yea
  • Hasegawa, Robert (D) Yea
  • Hawkins, Brad (R) Yea
  • Hobbs, Steven (D) Yea
  • Holy, Jeff (R) Yea
  • Honeyford, Jim (R) Yea
  • Hunt, Samuel (D) Yea
  • Keiser, Karen (D) Yea
  • King, Curtis (R) Yea
  • Kuderer, Patty (D) Yea
  • Liias, Marko (D) Yea
  • Lovelett, Liz (D) Yea
  • McCoy, John (D) Yea
  • Mullet, Mark (D) Yea
  • Nguyen, Joe (D) Yea
  • O'Ban, Steve (R) Yea
  • Padden, Mike (R) Yea
  • Palumbo, Guy (D) Yea
  • Pedersen, Jamie (D) Yea
  • Randall, Emily (D) Yea
  • Rivers, Anna (R) Yea
  • Rolfes, Christine (D) Yea
  • Saldana, Rebecca (D) Yea
  • Salomon, Jesse (D) Yea
  • Schoesler, Mark (R) Yea
  • Sheldon, Tim (D) Yea
  • Short, Shelly (R) Yea
  • Takko, Dean (D) Yea
  • Van De Wege, Kevin (D) Yea
  • Wagoner, Keith (R) Yea
  • Walsh, Maureen (R) Yea
  • Warnick, Judith (R) Yea
  • Wellman, Lisa (D) Yea
  • Wilson, Claire (D) Yea
  • Wilson, Lynda (R) Absent
  • Zeiger, Hans (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

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