WA People
BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

SB 5140: Firearm purchase

Enhancing requirements relating to the purchase, transfer, and possession of firearms.

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 13, 2025
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Marko Liias (D-21)
Introduced
January 13, 2025 in the Senate
Last action
January 12, 2026
Companion bill
HB 1163
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to enhancing requirements relating to the purchase, transfer, and possession of firearms by requiring a permit to purchase firearms, specifying requirements and standards for firearms safety training programs and issuance of concealed pistol licenses, specifying circumstances where a firearm transfer may be delayed, requiring recordkeeping for all firearm transfers, and establishing reporting requirements regarding permits to purchase firearms and concealed pistol licenses;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Marko Liias (D-21)

6 co-sponsors (6 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Javier Valdez D-46Jessica Bateman D-22T'wina Nobles D-28Jamie Pedersen D-43Rebecca Saldaña D-37Derek Stanford D-1

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. First reading, referred to Law & Justice.
  3. Prefiled for introduction.

SB 5140 in other sessions

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

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