Bills › 88th General Assembly
Relating to firearm or offensive weapon possession by convicted felons and certain juveniles adjudicated as delinquent, and providing penalties
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 6, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 5, 2020
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to firearm or offensive weapon possession by convicted felons and certain juveniles adjudicated as delinquent. Current law provides that a person who is convicted of a felony in a state or federal court, or who is adjudicated delinquent on the basis of conduct that would constitute a felony if committed by an adult, and who knowingly has under the person’s dominion and control or possession, receives, or transports or causes to be transported a firearm or offensive weapon is guilty of a class “D” felony.
Read the full explanation
The bill strikes current law and provides that any of the following persons who knowingly has under the person’s dominion and control or possession, or who receives or transports, or causes to be transported, a firearm or offensive weapon is guilty of a class “D” felony: A person convicted of a felony in any state or federal court, whether such conviction occurred under the laws of this state or any other state or territory of the United States; a person adjudicated to have committed a delinquent act involving the felony offenses of murder, sexual abuse, kidnapping, robbery, or burglary committed when the person was 14 years of age or older at the time of the offense; and a person under 29 years of age adjudicated to have committed a delinquent act which would be a felony, other than murder, sexual abuse, kidnapping, robbery, or burglary, if committed by an adult when the person was 14 years of age or older, whether such conviction occurred under the laws of this state or any other state or territory of the United States. A class “D” felony is punishable by confinement for no more than five years and a fine of at least $750 but not more than $7,500.
House subcommittee
Named February 5, 2020. It hasn’t reported yet.
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