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2020 House Bill 2555: Concerning background check requirements for firearms classified as other under federal firearms laws
Introduced by Rep. Roger Goodman (KirkLand) (D) on January 15, 2020
Referred to the House Civil Rights & Judiciary Committee on January 15, 2020
Substitute offered in the House on January 31, 2020
Requires firearms dealers to conduct background checks on applicants for the purchase or transfer of a firearm frame or receiver once a state background check system is established within the Washington State Patrol, and establishes procedures and requirements applicable to these transfers.
Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on February 4, 2020
Amendment offered by Rep. Jim Walsh (Aberdeen) (R) on February 18, 2020
Replaces the defined term "firearm frame or receiver" with "firearm frame".
The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on February 18, 2020
Received in the Senate on February 20, 2020
Referred to the Senate Law & Justice Committee on February 20, 2020
Referred to the Senate Ways & Means Committee on February 27, 2020
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on March 3, 2020
Signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on March 18, 2020