CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 1016

Chapter 13, Laws of 2011

62nd Legislature
2011 Regular Session



FIREARMS--NOISE SUPPRESSORS



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/22/11

Passed by the House February 7, 2011
  Yeas 88   Nays 4

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate March 29, 2011
  Yeas 47   Nays 0


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate		 
CERTIFICATE

I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1016 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


BARBARA BAKER
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Chief Clerk
Approved April 11, 2011, 2:13 p.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington		 
FILED
April 11, 2011







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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HOUSE BILL 1016
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Passed Legislature - 2011 Regular Session
State of Washington62nd Legislature2011 Regular Session

By Representatives Blake, Condotta, Armstrong, Shea, Kretz, Klippert, McCune, Takko, Van De Wege, Dunshee, Probst, Liias, Miloscia, Finn, Hurst, Springer, Goodman, Rodne, Orcutt, Haigh, Dickerson, Taylor, Warnick, Hope, Dammeier, Kristiansen, Chandler, Ross, Sells, and Upthegrove

Prefiled 12/13/10. Read first time 01/10/11.   Referred to Committee on Judiciary.



     AN ACT Relating to firearm noise suppressors; and amending RCW 9.41.250.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 9.41.250 and 2007 c 379 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Every person who:
     (a) Manufactures, sells, or disposes of or possesses any instrument or weapon of the kind usually known as slung shot, sand club, or metal knuckles, or spring blade knife, or any knife the blade of which is automatically released by a spring mechanism or other mechanical device, or any knife having a blade which opens, or falls, or is ejected into position by the force of gravity, or by an outward, downward, or centrifugal thrust or movement;
     (b) Furtively carries with intent to conceal any dagger, dirk, pistol, or other dangerous weapon; or
     (c) Uses any contrivance or device for suppressing the noise of any firearm unless the suppressor is legally registered and possessed in accordance with federal law,
is guilty of a gross misdemeanor punishable under chapter 9A.20 RCW.
     (2) Subsection (1)(a) of this section does not apply to:
     (a) The possession of a spring blade knife by a law enforcement officer while the officer:
     (i) Is on official duty; or
     (ii) Is transporting the knife to or from the place where the knife is stored when the officer is not on official duty; or
     (b) The storage of a spring blade knife by a law enforcement officer.


         Passed by the House February 7, 2011.
         Passed by the Senate March 29, 2011.
         Approved by the Governor April 11, 2011.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 11, 2011.