| Passed by the Senate February 18, 2014 YEAS 47 ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House March 7, 2014 YEAS 95 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Hunter G. Goodman, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5956 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 63rd Legislature | 2014 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/13/14. Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.
AN ACT Relating to short-barreled rifles; amending RCW 9.41.190; and prescribing penalties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 9.41.190 and 1994 sp.s. c 7 s 420 are each amended to
read as follows:
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, it is unlawful
for any person to manufacture, own, buy, sell, loan, furnish,
transport, or have in possession or under control, any machine gun,
short-barreled shotgun, or short-barreled rifle; or any part designed
and intended solely and exclusively for use in a machine gun, short-barreled shotgun, or short-barreled rifle, or in converting a weapon
into a machine gun, short-barreled shotgun, or short-barreled rifle; or
to assemble or repair any machine gun, short-barreled shotgun, or
short-barreled rifle.
(2) It is not unlawful for a person to possess, transport, acquire,
or transfer a short-barreled rifle that is legally registered and
possessed, transported, acquired, or transferred in accordance with
federal law.
(3) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to:
(a) Any peace officer in the discharge of official duty or
traveling to or from official duty, or to any officer or member of the
armed forces of the United States or the state of Washington in the
discharge of official duty or traveling to or from official duty; or
(b) A person, including an employee of such person if the employee
has undergone fingerprinting and a background check, who or which is
exempt from or licensed under federal law, and engaged in the
production, manufacture, repair, or testing of machine guns, short-barreled shotguns, or short-barreled rifles:
(i) To be used or purchased by the armed forces of the United
States;
(ii) To be used or purchased by federal, state, county, or
municipal law enforcement agencies; or
(iii) For exportation in compliance with all applicable federal
laws and regulations.
(((3))) (4) It shall be an affirmative defense to a prosecution
brought under this section that the machine gun((,)) or short-barreled
shotgun((, or short-barreled rifle)) was acquired prior to July 1,
1994, and is possessed in compliance with federal law.
(((4))) (5) Any person violating this section is guilty of a class
C felony.