{"id":1520,"date":"2020-03-05T15:24:09","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T23:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sdc.wastateleg.org\/dhingra\/?p=1520"},"modified":"2020-09-17T00:09:58","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T00:09:58","slug":"dhingra-bill-to-create-first-in-nation-firearm-violence-prevention-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/2020\/03\/05\/dhingra-bill-to-create-first-in-nation-firearm-violence-prevention-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Dhingra bill to create first-in-nation firearm violence prevention office"},"content":{"rendered":"

House passage of Senate Bill 6288<\/a> today will make Washington the first state in the nation with a dedicated office to collect statewide data on firearm violence, make the data available for public health research, and fund innovative prevention programs in local communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis bill is about understanding where violence occurs in our communities and how we can address it.,\u201d said Sen. Manka Dhingra (D-Redmond), the bill\u2019s sponsor. \u201cWe don’t need to wait until shots have been fired \u2014 we need to intervene to prevent violence before it happens.\u201d<\/p>\n

SB 6288 would establish the Washington Office of Firearm Safety and Violence Prevention, which would work with law enforcement agencies and others to collect and centralize data on firearm violence, including suicide.<\/p>\n

In addition, the office would administer the Washington Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention Grant Program, a competitive process to fund evidence-based initiatives undertaken by cities and community-based organizations in Washington.<\/p>\n

The office will also publish a guide to best practices for therapy for firearm violence victims as well as establish and staff a statewide helpline, counseling and referral service for survivors of firearm violence, their families and friends, and professionals.<\/p>\n

These mental health treatment measures in SB 6288 were developed by Sen. David Frockt (D-Seattle) and proposed earlier this year in SB 6553<\/a>, which did not pass the Senate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe effects of firearm violence on survivors\u2019 mental health can be devastating and long-lasting. We as a state, as a community, need to be doing all that we can to help survivors deal with the trauma, and that\u2019s what this legislation will do,\u201d said Frockt.<\/p>\n

The office\u2019s approach is modeled on King County\u2019s Shots Fired project. Every year, 155 King County residents die from gunshots and another 150 are hospitalized, according to a report<\/a> from the project presented at a work session<\/a> of the Senate Law & Justice Committee last fall. This violence can cause lifelong trauma for survivors. The Shots Fired project applies a public health approach to firearm violence, with an emphasis on early intervention and prevention. SB 6288 applies the approach statewide.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the Legislature, we have been taking meaningful steps to transform our criminal justice system from a crisis response model to an early intervention and prevention model,\u201d Dhingra said. \u201cThis bill is an important addition to that work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Having passed the House by a vote of\u00a053-44\u00a0with a technical amendment, SB 6288 now returns to the Senate for a vote of concurrence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

House passage of Senate Bill 6288 today will make Washington the first state in the nation with a dedicated office to collect statewide data on firearm violence, make the data available for public health research, and fund innovative prevention programs in local communities. \u201cThis bill is about understanding where violence occurs in our communities and how we can address it.,\u201d said Sen. Manka Dhingra (D-Redmond), the bill\u2019s sponsor. \u201cWe don’t need to wait until shots have been fired \u2014 we need to intervene to prevent violence before it happens.\u201d SB 6288 would establish the Washington Office of Firearm Safety and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":1381,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-release"],"yoast_head":"\nDhingra bill to create first-in-nation firearm violence prevention office - Sen. 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