Bill > HB1193

This bill, by amending existing Washington state law (RCW 9.41.129), prohibits the government, specifically the department of licensing, from maintaining records of applications to purchase pistols or records of pistol transfers. While the department is allowed to keep records related to concealed pistol licenses and alien firearm licenses, this legislation explicitly removes their ability to retain information about individuals applying to buy pistols or those who have transferred ownership of pistols, and mandates the deletion of any such existing records from their databases. This change aims to prevent the creation of a government database of legal firearm owners.