Official Text and Analysis.

Defines bump-fire stock and adds bump-fire stock to the definition of a firearm; applies the same requirements and procedures for purchasing and owning a pistol or handgun to the purchase and possession of a bump-fire stock, including requiring a state and federal background check at the time of acquisition.

Replaces "trigger modification device" with the term "bump-fire stock;" defines bump-fire stock as a butt stock designed to be attached to a semiautomatic firearm with the effect of increasing the rate of fire achievable with the semiautomatic firearm to that of a fully automatic firearm by using the energy from the recoil of the firearm to generate reciprocating action that facilitates repeated activation of the trigger.

Requires the Washington State Patrol (WSP) to establish and administer a bump-fire stock buy-back program to allow a person to relinquish a bump-fire stock to the WSP or participating local law enforcement agencies in exchange for a monetary payment of $150..

Strikes the provisions of the bill and provides instead that it is unlawful for any person to manufacture, buy, sell, loan, transfer, or furnish to another person, a bump-fire stock. A violation is a class C felony ranked at seriousness level III..

Allows a person with a disability who has a demonstrated physical need for a bump-fire stock in order toeffectively operate a firearm to own, possess or control, and transport a bump-fire stock.

Or control, and transport a bump-fire stock if they have a Allows veterans who have a disability to own, possess or control, and transport a bump-fire stock if they have ademonstrated physical need for a bump-fire stock in order to effectively operate a firearm. Defines veteran as those who have received an honorable discharge or a discharge with an honorable record..

Allows active duty members of the U.S. armed forces, members of the National Guard or reserves of the U.S. armed forces, and veterans who have received an honorable discharge or discharge with an honorable record to own, possess or control, and transport bump-fire stocks.

Allows law enforcement officers to own, possess or control, and transport bump-fire stocks.

Allows veterans who have a disability, regardless of whether the disability is service connected, to own, possess orcontrol, and transport a bump-fire stock. Defines veteran as those who have received an honorable discharge or a discharge with an honorable record.

Strikes all provisions of the bill. Requires the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC) to conduct a review of the number and types of crimes in which a firearm with a bump-fire stock was used in the commission of or in furtherance of a criminal offense. The WASPC must conduct this review within existing resources and report its findings to the Legislature by December 1, 2018.

Strikes the criminal offense and sentencing provisions making it unlawful to manufacture, own, buy, sell, loan, furnish, transport, or have in possession or control any bump-fire stock or parts designed and intended for use in a bump-fire stock.

Passed Legislature.