BILL · 2003–04 SESSION

HB 2791: Firearms & domestic violence

Providing for surrender of weapons by perpetrators of domestic violence.

Summary

Creates new standards which a court is to use in determining whether to prohibit a party from possessing a firearm or other weapon as part of a protective order in a domestic violence case.
Requires the surrender of weapons as part of a pretrial protective order in criminal prosecutions for domestic violence, and as part of an ex parte protective order in civil domestic violence cases; and
Requires the surrender of weapons in some other civil cases if there has been an act of domestic violence, and unless it is shown by clear and convincing evidence that the person does not pose a threat to safety.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to firearms and domestic violence;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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HB 2791 (2015–16) WA statewide reentry council · Enacted · Chapter 188, Laws of 2016
HB 2791 (2013–14) Hospital safety net assessmt · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2791 (2011–12) All-day kindergarten · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 2791 (2009–10) Driving-related penalties · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 2791 (2007–08) Distressed property · Enacted · Chapter 278, Laws of 2008
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