Concerning provisions governing firearms possession by persons who have been found incompetent to stand trial and who have a history of one or more violent acts.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Apr 2019
Senate Passage
Apr 2019
House Passage
Apr 2019
Signed into Law
May 2019
Introduced Jan 16, 2019
Signed May 7, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Apr 18, 2019 · House Apr 10, 2019
How they voted
29–15
Passed
Total votes 44
Apr 18, 2019
D
Democratic27
96% Yea
R
Republican17
82% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
31
Key actions
13
Committee
8
May 7, 2019
Signed into law
Governor signed.
upper
Apr 24, 2019
Upper · Passed
Speaker signed.
upper
Apr 23, 2019
Upper · Passed
President signed.
upper
Apr 18, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed final passage; yeas, 32; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 0.
upper
Apr 18, 2019
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred in House amendments.
upper
Apr 10, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee recommendations adopted and the bill amended.
upper
Apr 10, 2019
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (52-37-6)
house
Apr 1, 2019
Committee
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
upper
Mar 28, 2019
Lower · Passed
Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 03:30 PM
lower
Mar 28, 2019
Upper · Passed
CRJ - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
upper
Mar 20, 2019
Lower · Passed
Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 08:00 AM
lower
Jan 31, 2019
Upper · Passed
Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
upper
Jan 31, 2019
Upper · Passed
LAW - Majority; do pass.
upper
Jan 29, 2019
Upper · Passed
Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
upper
1 primary · 12 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Manka Dhingra
DDemocratic
Co
Christine Rolfes
DDemocratic
Co
Curtis King
RRepublican
Co
David Frockt
DDemocratic
Co
GP
Guy Palumbo
DDemocratic
Co
HZ
Hans Zeiger
RRepublican
Co
Jamie Pedersen
DDemocratic
Co
Karen Keiser
DDemocratic
Co
Lisa Wellman
DDemocratic
Co
Mark Mullet
DDemocratic
Co
Mona Das
DDemocratic
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