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Bill to ban bump stocks passes Legislature; moves to governor

Feb 27, 2018, 3:04 PM | Updated: 4:12 pm

Bump stocks...

Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee will sign a bill banning bump stocks Tuesday afternoon. (AP)

(AP)

SB 5992, the bill to ban bump stocks, has officially passed (31-18) the state Legislature as the Senate concurred with a House amendment to create a buy back program.

The measure now moves on to Gov. Jay Inslee.

The move to ban the devices came in response to last October’s mass shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas that killed 58 people and left hundreds more injured. The ban would make it illegal for anyone in Washington to manufacture or sell bump stocks beginning July 1. In July 2019, it would become illegal to own or possess a bump stock in Washington.

Approving the amended bill were senators:
Billig (D)
Carlyle (D)
Chase (D)
Cleveland (D)
Conway (D)
Darnielle (D)
Dhingra (D)
Ericksen (R)
Fain (R)
Frockt (D)
Hasegawa (D)
Hobbs (D)
Hunt (D)
Keiser (D)
King (R)
Kuderer (D)
Liias (D)
McCoy (D)
Miloscia (R)
Mullet (D)
Nelson (D)
O’Ban (R)
Palumbo (D)
Pedersen (D)
Ranker (D)
Rolfes (D)
Saldana (D)
Takko (D)
Van De Wege (D)
Wellman (D)
Zeiger (D)

Senators who voted nay:
Angel (R)
Bailey (R)
Baumgartner (R)
Becker (R)
Braun (R)
Brown (R)
Fortunato (R)
Hawkins (R)
Honeyford (R)
Padden (R)
Rivers (R)
Schoesler (R)
Sheldon (D)
Short (R)
Wagoner (R)
Walsh (R)
Warnick (R)
Wilson (R)

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