Excludes flare guns, other visual distress signaling devices and powder activated construction devices from the definition of firearm.
Modifies the definition of transfer to exclude the delivery of a firearm owned or leased by an entity licensed or qualified to do business in the state of Washington to, or return of the firearm by, any of that entity's employees or agents for lawful purposes in the ordinary course of business.
Exempts transfers between parents-in-law and siblings-in-law from the background check requirements when the transfer is a bona fide gift or loan.
Allows temporary transfers of firearms intended to prevent suicide or self-inflicted bodily harm without a background check.
Exempts transfers between spouses or domestic partners if the firearm remains in the presence of the transferor from background check requirements under circumstances in which the transferee and firearm remain in the presence of the transferor.
Exempts sales or transfers when the seller or transferee is a federally licensed collector and the firearm being sold or transferred is a curio or relic.
From the Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill Report (ESSB 5552), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
AN ACT Relating to background checks for firearms sales or transfers, but only with respect to clarifying that the term firearm does not include flare guns and construction tools, clarifying that the term transfer does not include transfers between an entity and its employee or agents for lawful purposes in the ordinary course of business, defining licensed collector and curio or relic, expanding the family member exemption to include loans and parents-in-law and siblings-in-law, providing an exemption for temporary transfers for the purpose of preventing suicide or self-inflicted great bodily harm, providing an exemption for licensed collectors when the firearm is a curio or relic, and providing an exemption for temporary transfers where the transferee and the firearm are in the presence of the transferor;