House2025-26 sessionFiscal note
SHB 1490: Concerning fingerprint-based background checks.
Signed into law: Chapter 46, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Obras
- Introduced
- January 21, 2025
- Status
- C 46 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 7/27/2025. (April 16, 2025)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Adds specificity and definitions to the provisions outlining the current roles and circumstances that require a fingerprint-based
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 6, 202597 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 7, 202548 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
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