OLYMPIA — A bill to notify family members when police return confiscated guns has won unanimous approval from the Washington state Senate.

The Spokesman-Review reported senators voted 49-0 Friday morning in favor of a bill named for Sheena Henderson, who was shot to death by her husband in a murder-suicide at Spokane’s Deaconess Hospital in July 2014. A few weeks before the shootings, police had seized Chris Henderson’s guns after a suicide attempt, but he had reclaimed them from Spokane police without his wife being notified.

Under the measure family members would be able to request police notification before a person with a history of mental health issues or domestic violence gets guns back that police have taken away.

The bill next goes to the House for consideration.