This bill amends existing firearms dealer law (amending RCW 9.41.110 and related provisions) and adds a new section to chapter 9.41 RCW. It establishes comprehensive licensing, security, recordkeeping, reporting, and operational requirements for dealers of pistols, other firearms, and ammunition, including a one-year license term, federal firearms license and fingerprint/background checks for applicants and employees, annual written certification under penalty of perjury, and a $125 fee for pistol, other firearm, and ammunition licenses (fees deposited to the state general fund). The bill imposes physical security and continuous digital video surveillance standards for dealer premises and temporary sales locations, detailed retention and access rules for recordings, strict recordkeeping (including entry of acquisitions/dispositions within one business day, six-year retention of transaction and transfer records and trace-request copies, daily electronic backups, and monthly inventory checks), mandatory reporting to law enforcement and ATF of loss/theft within 24 hours, and a $1,000,000 per-incident general liability insurance requirement. Dealers must transmit transfer application information through the SAFE system to the Washington State Patrol, which will forward pistol and semiautomatic assault rifle transfer data to the director of licensing daily, and must provide annual trace-request reports to the state attorney general. The new section creates regulatory limits on deliveries as a condition of licensure: no more than one firearm per purchaser per 30 days and limits on ammunition deliveries (100 rounds of .50 caliber or 1,000 rounds of other calibers per 30 days), with specified statutory exceptions. Violations can result in license forfeiture; selling or delivering a firearm in violation of RCW 9.41.080 is charged as a class C felony and triggers mandatory permanent revocation and permanent ineligibility for a dealer license. Certain low-volume dealers and specified entities (law enforcement agencies, correctional facilities, private security companies, licensed collectors, federal dealers/importers, executors/personal representatives, and others identified by cross-reference) are exempt from some requirements. The extracted material is incomplete in places: definitions for key terms (for example “dealer,” “licensing authority,” and “temporary location”), the full text of some referenced subsections, and some enforcement or penalty details may appear in omitted portions of the statute. The summary uses only the provided facts and does not assume provisions not included in the extracted text.

If enacted, gun and ammunition dealers in Washington will face substantially tighter licensing, security, recordkeeping, and sales limits that are likely to increase their operating costs and administrative work. Dealers must hold state licenses (with fees of $125 per license type), carry $1,000,000 liability insurance, run fingerprints and background checks on owners and sales staff, install robust alarms and continuous video/audio surveillance with minimum technical and retention standards, keep detailed transaction and trace-request records for years with daily or monthly backups and monthly inventories, respond to law enforcement requests and notify police and the ATF of thefts within 24 hours, and are limited to delivering one firearm and defined amounts of ammunition per purchaser every 30 days. Failure to comply can lead to license forfeiture or permanent ineligibility, and selling in violation of certain provisions can be charged as a class C felony; smaller dealers averaging $1,000 or less per month face some exemptions, and specified public safety, collector, resale, and estate-transfer situations are exempt from the 30-day delivery limits. Some important implementation details are missing from the provided text: several definitions, full subsection contexts, the exact department responsible for forms, and any additional enforcement provisions or penalties beyond those cited are not included here, so the full scope of obligations and how they will be administered remains unclear.