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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing firearms-related safety measures to increase public safety."
description: "Establishing firearms-related safety measures to increase public safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1240"
citation: "Washington HB 1240 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peterson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/494a009e-e8b8-48ec-a4c1-b7d7a9a9b9e7"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1240&year=2023"
source_hash: "a0f8f028ab2bbc2fda3e30500db9c69ea7a17f2b4dcaa767cabb0d6b627017e2"
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 1240 (2023-2024) — Establishing firearms-related safety measures to increase public safety.
## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1240.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1240-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1240-S.PL.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#17) — **28–21** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — **56–42** (pass) · lower
- 452 Wagoner Pg 13 Ln 34 (#15) — **24–25** (fail) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#17) — **27–21** (pass) · upper
- 449 Padden Pg 15 Ln 5 (#16) — **21–28** (fail) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#26) — **55–42** (pass) · lower
- 376 McCune Pg 15 Ln 1 (#16) — **22–26** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Peterson — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-11** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-17** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-01-27** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-01-30** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** 1st substitute bill substituted (CRJ 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-08** Amendment ruled beyond the scope and object of the bill.
- **2023-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 55; nays, 42; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-28** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-28** LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-30** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-08** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2023-04-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** Amendment ruled beyond the scope and object of the bill.
- **2023-04-14** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
- **2023-04-18** Senate receded from amendments.
- **2023-04-18** Rules suspended.
- **2023-04-18** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2023-04-18** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-04-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2023-04-19** Passed final passage; yeas, 56; nays, 42; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-25** Chapter 162, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-25** Effective date 4/25/2023. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/494a009e-e8b8-48ec-a4c1-b7d7a9a9b9e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).