SB 5992.E - DIGEST |
(DIGEST AS ENACTED) |
Prohibits a person from manufacturing, owning, buying, selling, loaning, furnishing, transporting, or having in possession or under control, a bump-fire stock. |
Provides the following definition for bump-fire stock: A butt stock designed to be attached to a semiautomatic firearm with the effect of increasing the rate of fire achievable with the semiautomatic firearm to that of a fully automatic firearm by using the energy from the recoil of the firearm to generate reciprocating action that facilitates repeated activation of the trigger. |
Requires the Washington state patrol to establish and administer a bump-fire stock buy-back program which allows a person in possession of a bump-fire stock to relinquish it to the Washington state patrol or a participating local law enforcement agency in exchange for a monetary payment of one hundred fifty dollars. |
Provides a January 1, 2020, expiration date for the buy-back program. |