Concerning firearms background check.

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HOUSE BILL 2521

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2026 Regular Session

By Representatives Ormsby, Berry, Parshley, Pollet, Leavitt, and Donaghy; by request of Washington State Patrol

Read first time 01/16/26. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

AN ACT Relating to firearms background check; amending RCW 43.43.580 and 43.43.580 ; providing an effective date; and providing an expiration date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1. RCW 43.43.580 and 2024 c 289 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) The Washington state patrol shall establish a firearms background check program to serve as a centralized single point of contact for dealers to conduct background checks for firearms sales or transfers required under chapter 9.41 RCW and the federal Brady handgun violence prevention act (18 U.S.C. Sec. 921 et seq.). The Washington state patrol shall establish an automated firearms background check system to conduct background checks on applicants for the purchase or transfer of a firearm. The system must include the following characteristics: