Ensuring the efficacy of judicial orders as harm reduction tools that increase the safety of survivors of abuse and support law enforcement in their efforts to enforce the law.
Summary
Amends various provisions relating to civil protection orders, including allowed uses of confidential information forms, renewal by minors protected under an order, and termination or modification of ex parte orders.
Provides that a person commits the crime of Unlawful Possession of a Firearm in the first degree if the person owns, accesses, receives, or has in the person's custody, control, or possession an untraceable or undetectable firearm while subject to certain qualifying court orders.
From the Engrossed Substitute House Bill Report (ESSB 5202), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
AN ACT Relating to ensuring the efficacy of judicial orders as harm reduction tools that increase the safety of survivors of abuse and support law enforcement in their efforts to enforce the law;