Requiring 3D printers be equipped with certain blocking technologies(app.leg.wa.gov)

3 pointsby dymk8 hours ago4 comments

theamk8 hours ago
bad link - (1) it's to NoScript page (2) there is no bill number in it, so it is impossible to recover
- starkparker7 hours ago
  HB 2321 2025-26: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2321&Year=202..., https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Ho...
  Sponsors: Salahuddin, Peterson, Berry, Taylor, Farivar, Reed, Ramel, Santos, Obras, Fitzgibbon, Leavitt, Nance, Callan, Kloba, Thomas, Ryu, Doglio, Gregerson, Ormsby, Berg, Reeves, Macri, Fosse, Bergquist, Hill, Pollet
steffs7 hours ago
Doesn't make sense... most of the software used on 3D printers is open source.
rolph8 hours ago
its going to take some imagination. you need to work both ends of the stick, and do CNC mills as well, then dream up any objectionable pairing that allows you to print and cut, or cut and print, until you have a restricted item.
verdverm8 hours ago
WA govt websites are atrociously bad (moved here recently)
This one says I have JS disabled, which is def not the case
- starkparker7 hours ago
  The submitted URL is the NoScript redirect target.
  Hackaday story: https://hackaday.com/2026/01/19/washington-state-bill-seeks-...
  Link to the PDF from that story: https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Ho...
- verdverm8 hours ago
  Seems they want to force manufacturers to put some technology into printers such that they cannot print gun parts
  Why are they all such fools...
  - salawat7 hours ago
    Politician's fallacy. We must do something. This is something. We must do it.
    Tis a fallacy, but nevertheless, here we are.