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Relating to acquiring pistols and revolvers, providing penalties, and including applicability provisions
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 21, 2021
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- 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 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, 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 acquiring pistols and revolvers. Current law provides that any person who intends to purchase a pistol or revolver is required to first obtain an annual permit to acquire pistols or revolvers unless the person is otherwise exempt from obtaining such a permit. §922(t)(3) in order to acquire a pistol or revolver. The bill provides that as of July 1, 2021, the state shall no longer issue a permit to acquire. §922(t). The bill provides that a valid permit to carry weapons or license issued by another state to any nonresident of this state does not satisfy the requirements to acquire a pistol or revolver in this state.
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25 (emergency management and security —— firearms and ammunition) due to the elimination of the permit to acquire.26 (felon in possession of a firearm), federal law, or is prohibited by a court order from possessing, shipping, transporting, or receiving a firearm. The bill provides that a permit to acquire a pistol or revolver issued under Code chapter 724 (Code 2020) prior to July 1, 2021, shall be considered a valid permit to acquire as long as the permit has not expired unless the person becomes ineligible to acquire a pistol or revolver.21A pursuant to the 2020 Code.20 (validity of permit to acquire pistols or revolvers).15 is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.15(2).27 relating to the restoration of firearms rights. An aggravated misdemeanor, as referenced in the bill, is punishable by confinement for no more than two years and a fine of at least $855 but not more than $8,540.
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- HF 118 Relating to carrying and possessing weapons and acquiring pistols and revolvers, providing…88th General Assembly · In committee · similarCleared committee
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