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Clarifying background check requirements for an application for a concealed pistol license. |
Clarifying background check requirements for an application for a concealed pistol license. |
us/states/wa |
Washington Legislature |
2019-2020 |
SB 5508 |
Washington SB 5508 (2019-2020) |
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enacted |
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25 |
3 |
2019-01-23 |
2019-05-07 |
openstates |
ocd-bill/04f99407-c581-498e-9bd4-46e5f7a11b9d |
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5508&year=2019 |
72477839a34cf019b6d793bc7aec6d755fc7fada33ff68c7984d9a926a39c766 |
2026-07-01 |
https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump |
2026-07-06 |
reported |
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Washington SB 5508 (2019-2020) — Clarifying background check requirements for an application for a concealed pistol license.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#13) — 93–0 (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — 47–0 (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#9) — 47–0 (pass) · upper
- Fortunato — primary (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- Holy — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Sheldon — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, L. — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-01-23 First reading, referred to Law & Justice.
reading-1
- 2019-02-21 LAW - Majority; do pass.
- 2019-02-22 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- 2019-02-26 Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- 2019-03-04 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- 2019-03-04 Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2.
reading-3
- 2019-03-06 First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary.
reading-1
- 2019-03-26 CRJ - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- 2019-03-28 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- 2019-04-03 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- 2019-04-04 Committee recommendations adopted and the bill amended.
- 2019-04-04 Placed on third reading.
- 2019-04-04 Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 5.
reading-3
- 2019-04-22 Senate concurred in House amendments.
- 2019-04-22 Passed final passage; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2.
passage
- 2019-04-23 President signed.
passage
- 2019-04-24 Speaker signed.
passage
- 2019-04-25 Delivered to Governor.
- 2019-05-07 Governor signed.
executive-signature
- 2019-05-07 Chapter 249, 2019 Laws.
became-law
- 2019-05-07 Effective date 5/7/2019.
became-law
- 2019-02-14T15:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- 2019-02-21T15:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- 2019-03-19T14:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- 2019-03-26T14:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/04f99407-c581-498e-9bd4-46e5f7a11b9d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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