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Relating to the sale or transfer of firearms, providing penalties, and including applicability provisions
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 24, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 29, 2019
- 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 the sale or transfer of firearms, provides penalties, and includes applicability provisions. The bill prohibits a person from selling or transferring a firearm to another person without receiving verification from a federally licensed firearms dealer that information regarding the prospective purchaser or transferee has been submitted to the department of public safety for a criminal history background check and that a determination has been received by the department of public safety that the prospective purchaser or transferee is not prohibited under either state or federal law from possessing a firearm.
Read the full explanation
A criminal history background check under the bill includes an inquiry of the national instant criminal background check system maintained by the federal bureau of investigation. The bill provides that a person who sells or transfers a firearm in violation of this Code section is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor, punishable by confinement for no more than two years and a fine of at least $625 but not more than $6,250. The bill provides that a federally licensed firearms dealer may charge and collect fees for obtaining criminal history record information checks on behalf of sellers and transferors and the department of public safety shall adopt administrative rules to administer the bill. The bill applies to the sale or transfer of firearms on or after the effective date of the bill.
House subcommittee
Named January 29, 2019. It hasn’t reported yet.
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