Establishing state standards for the labeling of imitation firearms sold inside Washington state.

 S-0221.5

SENATE BILL 5735

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Senators Salomon and Valdez

AN ACT Relating to establishing state standards for the labeling of imitation firearms sold inside Washington state; reenacting and amending RCW 9.41.010 ; adding a new section to chapter 9.41 RCW; and prescribing penalties.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 9.41.010 and 2024 c 289 s 1 and 2024 c 62 s 32 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.

(1) "Antique firearm" means a firearm or replica of a firearm not designed or redesigned for using rim fire or conventional center fire ignition with fixed ammunition and manufactured in or before 1898, including any matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or similar type of ignition system and also any firearm using fixed ammunition manufactured in or before 1898, for which ammunition is no longer manufactured in the United States and is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade.