BILL · 2005–06 SESSION

SB 5342: Safe storage of firearms

Encouraging safe storage of firearms.

Summary

Reckless endangerment includes leaving or storing a loaded firearm in a location where the person knows, or reasonably should know, that a child, under 16 years of age, is likely to gain access and the child actually obtains possession of the loaded firearm. A violation is a gross misdemeanor (up to one year in county jail).

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to safe storage of firearms;

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.

SB 5342 (2025–26) Legislators/state facilities · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5342 (2023–24) Transit interlocal agree. · Enacted · Chapter 43, Laws of 2023
SB 5342 (2021–22) Irrigation dist. elections · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5342 (2019–20) Nonbinary gender category · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5342 (2017–18) Discover pass penalty dist. · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5342 (2015–16) Human trafficking · Enacted · Chapter 4, Laws of 2016
SB 5342 (2013–14) Restaurants/sales, use exemp · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5342 (2011–12) Property valuation appeals · Did not pass · died in committee