ESSB 5202 — Ensuring the efficacy of judicial orders as harm reduction tools that increase the safety of survivors of abuse and support law enforcement in their efforts to enforce the law.

What this bill does

Amends provisions relating to civil protection orders, including allowed uses of confidential information forms, renewal by minors protected under an order, and termination or modification of ex parte orders. Provides that a person commits the crime of Unlawful Possession of a Firearm in the first degree if the person owns, accesses, has in the person's custody, control, or possession, or receives an untraceable or undetectable firearm while subject to certain qualifying court orders.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 9, 2025
  59 yea · 39 nay
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 12, 2025
  36 yea · 13 nay

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