Bulk firearm purchases

AN ACT Relating to enhancing public safety by limiting bulk 1
purchases and transfers of firearms and ammunition; amending RCW 2
7.80.120; adding a new section to chapter 9.41 RCW; and prescribing 3
penalties. 4
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:5
Sec. 1. RCW 7.80.120 and 2024 c 286 s 2 are each amended to read 6
as follows: 7
(1) A person found to have committed a civil infraction shall be 8
assessed a monetary penalty. 9
(a) The maximum penalty and the default amount for a class 1 10
civil infraction shall be $250, not including statutory assessments, 11
except for an infraction of state law involving (i) potentially 12
dangerous litter as specified in RCW 70A.200.060(((4))) (5), in which 13
case the maximum penalty and default amount is $500; or (ii) a 14
person's refusal to submit to a test or tests pursuant to RCW 15
79A.60.040 and 79A.60.700, in which case the maximum penalty and 16
default amount is $1,000; or (iii) the misrepresentation of service 17
animals under RCW 49.60.214, in which case the maximum penalty and 18
default amount is $500; or (iv) untraceable firearms pursuant to RCW 19
9.41.326 or unfinished frames or receivers pursuant to RCW 9.41.327, 20
in which case the maximum penalty and default amount is $500; or (v) 21
H-0316.1
HOUSE BILL 1132
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By Representatives Farivar, Ormsby, Ryu, Ramel, Berry, Mena,
Alvarado, Reed, Parshley, Fitzgibbon, Callan, Macri, Obras, Doglio,
Gregerson, Simmons, Peterson, Street, Goodman, Wylie, Pollet, Berg,
Davis, Fosse, Salahuddin, Hill, and Tharinger
Prefiled 12/24/24. Read first time 01/13/25. Referred to Committee
on Civil Rights & Judiciary.
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the failure to report the loss or theft of a firearm under RCW 1
9.41.368, in which case the maximum penalty and default amount is 2
$1,000; or (vi) bulk delivery of firearms or ammunition under section 3
2 of this act, in which case the maximum penalty and default amount 4
is $500; 5
(b) The maximum penalty and the default amount for a class 2 6
civil infraction shall be $125, not including statutory assessments;7
(c) The maximum penalty and the default amount for a class 3 8
civil infraction shall be $50, not including statutory assessments; 9
and 10
(d) The maximum penalty and the default amount for a class 4 11
civil infraction shall be $25, not including statutory assessments.12
(2) The supreme court shall prescribe by rule the conditions 13
under which local courts may exercise discretion in assessing fines 14
for civil infractions. 15
(3) Whenever a monetary penalty is imposed by a court under this 16
chapter it is immediately payable. If the person is unable to pay at 17
that time the court may grant an extension of the period in which the 18
penalty may be paid. If the penalty is not paid on or before the time 19
established for payment, the court may proceed to collect the penalty 20
in the same manner as other civil judgments and may notify the 21
prosecuting authority of the failure to pay. 22
(4) The court may also order a person found to have committed a 23
civil infraction to make restitution. 24
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 9.41 RCW 25
to read as follows: 26
(1)(a) A dealer may not deliver more than one firearm to a 27
purchaser or transferee within any 30-day period. 28
(b) A dealer may not deliver more than 100 rounds of .50 caliber 29
ammunition or more than 1,000 rounds of any other caliber of 30
ammunition to a purchaser or transferee within any 30-day period.31
(2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to any of the 32
following: 33
(a) Any general authority Washington law enforcement agency or 34
limited authority Washington law enforcement agency as those terms 35
are defined in RCW 10.93.020; 36
(b) Any correctional facility as defined in RCW 72.09.015;37
(c) Any private security company as defined in RCW 18.170.010;38
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(d) Any federal peace officer, general authority Washington peace 1
officer, or limited authority Washington peace officer who as a 2
normal part of the officer's duties has arrest powers and carries a 3
firearm, as those terms are defined in RCW 10.93.020, and is 4
obtaining firearms or ammunition for law enforcement purposes;5
(e) The criminal justice training commission; 6
(f) Any federal firearms dealer, federal firearms importer, or 7
dealer, as those terms are defined in RCW 9.41.010, who is obtaining 8
firearms or ammunition for resale; 9
(g) Any person who may, pursuant to RCW 9.41.113(4), claim an 10
exemption from the background check requirements of RCW 9.41.113;11
(h) The exchange of a firearm where the dealer sold that firearm 12
to the person seeking the exchange within the 30-day period 13
immediately preceding the date of exchange or replacement;14
(i) The return of any firearm to its owner; 15
(j) The receipt of firearms by a person who acquires possession 16
of the firearms by operation of law upon the death of the former 17
owner who was in legal possession of the firearms, provided the 18
person in possession of the firearms can establish such provenance. 19
Receipt under this subsection is not "distribution" under this 20
chapter; 21
(k) Any private party transaction where the seller is, at the 22
time of the transaction, required under state law or by court order 23
to relinquish all firearms; 24
(l) Any private party transaction where the seller is any of the 25
following: 26
(i) The personal representative of a decedent's estate who is 27
transferring the firearm to one or more heirs or beneficiaries of the 28
decedent's estate pursuant to the decedent's will or the laws of 29
intestate succession; 30
(ii) The holder of the decedent's property who is transferring 31
the firearms pursuant to RCW 11.62.010 to the successor of the 32
decedent, as defined in RCW 11.62.005, or the surviving spouse of the 33
decedent pursuant to RCW 11.04.015; or 34
(iii) The trustee of a trust who is transferring the firearms to 35
one or more trust beneficiaries upon the death of a settlor of the 36
trust; or 37
(m) Any person who is a licensed collector as defined in 18 38
U.S.C. Sec. 921 and the regulations issued pursuant thereto, and who 39
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has a current certificate of eligibility issued by the department of 1
justice. 2
(3)(a) Any person who violates this section commits a class 1 3
civil infraction and shall be assessed a monetary penalty of $500.4
(b) If a person previously has been found to have violated this 5
section, then the person is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable under 6
chapter 9A.20 RCW for a subsequent violation of this section.7
(c) If a person previously has been found to have violated this 8
section two or more times, then the person is guilty of a gross 9
misdemeanor punishable under chapter 9A.20 RCW for each subsequent 10
violation of this section. 11
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. If any provision of this act or its 12
application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the 13
remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other 14
persons or circumstances is not affected.15
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