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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1202
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 Regular Session
By House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Riley, Ludwig, Winsley, Forner, Bray, Wood, Jones, R. Johnson, Jacobsen, Scott, Neher, Schmidt, Sheldon, Phillips, Orr, Basich, Leonard and Anderson; by request of Washington State Patrol).
Read first time February 8, 1991.
AN ACT Relating to firearms in state capitol buildings; adding a new section to chapter 9.41 RCW; and prescribing penalties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 9.41 RCW to read as follows:
It shall be unlawful for any person, except law enforcement officers, to carry, transport, convey, or to have in his or her possession or under his or her control any firearm while in the following buildings located on the west state capitol campus grounds:
(1) Legislative Building;
(2) John L. O'Brien Building;
(3) John A. Cherberg Building;
(4) Temple of Justice;
(5) General Administration Building;
(6) Governor's Mansion;
(7) Insurance Building;
(8) State Library;
(9) Institutions Building; and
(10) Public Information Center.
This section does not apply to any person licensed under RCW 9.41.070 who, immediately before entering any capitol campus building listed in this section, notifies the Washington state patrol that he or she is in possession of a concealed weapon. This section does not restrict any person from carrying, transporting, or possessing firearms for the express purpose of a demonstration or lecture involving the exhibition of firearms. The Washington state patrol shall post prominently at each entrance to each of the buildings covered by this section a sign indicating who may and who may not carry a weapon into the building.
Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.