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Committee considers changes to protection-order process, notification and penalties for ghost guns
Summary
Senate Bill 5202 received a public hearing Jan. 20 and would make procedural and enforcement changes to civil protection orders, including provisions to discourage mutual full orders, clarify minor renewal paths, allow limited ex parte modifications, and enhance penalties when respondents possess untraceable or undetectable firearms while prohibited.
Senate Bill 5202 received a public hearing Jan. 20 in the Law & Justice Committee. The bill proposes a package of procedural and substantive changes to Washington’s protection‑order framework intended to improve enforceability and public safety. Key changes include clarifying confidential document uses for petitions, discouraging issuance of mutual full protection orders, allowing a minor who was protected to petition to renew when they turn 18, permitting a protected party to move to terminate or modify an ex parte order without…
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