BILL · 1997–98 SESSION
SB 5407: Child access to firearms
Prohibiting the storing of firearms in any location where an unsupervised child is likely to gain access.
Summary
- Provides that a person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor if the person stores or leaves a readily dischargeable firearm in a location where the person knows, or reasonably should know, that a child is likely to gain access, and a child obtains possession of the firearm.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 24, 1997
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36)
- Introduced
- January 24, 1997 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 12, 1998
- Requested by
- Governor
- Companion bill
- HB 1140
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36)
6 co-sponsors (6 Democrats, 0 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.
SB 5407 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- SB 5407 (2025–26) Nursing home rate rebase
- SB 5407 (2023–24) Property tax administration
- SB 5407 (2021–22) Firearm theft
- SB 5407 (2019–20) Scan-down allowances
- SB 5407 (2017–18) Housing options
- SB 5407 (2015–16) Instream flow rules, effects
- SB 5407 (2013–14) Pollutant discharge permits
- SB 5407 (2011–12) Drivers' licenses issuance