Issue Position: Public Safety

Issue Position

As Chair of the House Judiciary Committee and Chair of the Senate Law & Justice Committee, I worked to reform and fund our mental health and involuntary commitment system. We need to make sure that our communities are safe and that people with mental illness get the treatment that they need. In the 2013 session, I was also the prime sponsor of the bill to require background checks on all firearm purchases that became I-594. In 2018, I was the prime sponsor of first-in-the nation legislation to allow the voluntary waiver of firearm rights. I will continue to fight for reasonable regulation of gun ownership to reduce suicide and other gun violence.

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