BILL · 2013–14 SESSION

SB 5479: Safekeeping of firearms

Establishing a process for voluntary temporary safekeeping of firearms with law enforcement agencies.

Summary

A chief of police or a sheriff may receive and take into custody, for the purposes of temporary safekeeping, any firearm: of a person who voluntarily requests to surrender a firearm, if the person appears in person to surrender the firearm and provides written attestation of the voluntary surrender; or of a person whose family member, friend, or mental health professional appears in person and provides written…

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to establishing a process for voluntary temporary safekeeping of firearms with law enforcement agencies;

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 5479 (2025–26) Open space incidental use · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5479 (2023–24) Long-term care/referendum · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5479 (2021–22) Beverage alcohol/workforce · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5479 (2019–20) State credit union act · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5479 (2017–18) Shared parental leave · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5479 (2015–16) Contractor fining by DES · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5479 (2011–12) High school math & science · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5479 (2009–10) Juveniles & courts · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor