---
type: "Bill"
title: "Conducting a feasibility study to examine and make recommendations regarding the establishment of a single point of contact firearm background check system."
description: "Conducting a feasibility study to examine and make recommendations regarding the establishment of a single point of contact firearm background check system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1949"
citation: "Washington HB 1949 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LEGISLATIVE AUDIT AND REVIEW COMMITTEE", "JOINT", "STUDIES", "FIREARMS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hansen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2019-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90f05c55-952e-4352-bdc7-8c2ec2d9756b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1949&year=2019"
source_hash: "e952a8a092981e2e33f9d08c219e39d8bfb9d2785402a75d9998694660db0f77"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---

# Washington HB 1949 (2019-2020) — Conducting a feasibility study to examine and make recommendations regarding the establishment of a single point of contact firearm background check system.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1949.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1949-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#27) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hansen — primary (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Irwin — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-07** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-27** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-27** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Civil Rights & Judiciary.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-22** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-27** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-27** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Civil Rights & Judiciary.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-02** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-04-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-17** Chapter 35, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-17** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-19T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-22T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-26T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-27T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-18T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-21T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90f05c55-952e-4352-bdc7-8c2ec2d9756b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).