Washington: CPL Permit Confidentiality Bill Introduced

Last week, Washington legislators introduced an NRA-backed bill to protect the private, personal information of Washington’s concealed pistol license holders from public records requests. Senate Bill 6173, sponsored by Senator Dean Takko (D-19), and House Bill 2329, sponsored by Representative Jim Walsh (R-19), would add clarifying language to Washington’s existing Public Records Act to ensure that concealed pistol licenses, along with any supporting documentation, are exempt from public disclosure. This proposal remains consistent with the existing law’s protection of records that contain individual, personal information- just as library cards and bus pass user information is also protected. …Read the Rest

Source:: NRA-ILA