Proposed Florida Firearm Legislation H0291
Legislation Overview
Title: Exempting Law Enforcement Officers from Handgun Purchase Waiting Period
Description: Proposes amendments to s. 8 of Art. I & s. 5 of Art. VIII of State Constitution to exempt certain law enforcement officers from 3-day waiting period for handgun purchases under state law & criminal history records check & 3 to 5-day waiting period for firearm purchases under county ordinance.
Session: 2017 Regular Session
Last Action: Died in Messages
Last Action Date: May 5, 2017
Sponsors
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10 sponsors: Criminal Justice Subcommittee;Don Hahnfeldt (R); Robert Asencio (D); Daniel Burgess (R); Brad Drake (R); Julian Fant (R); Randy Fine (R); Jason Fischer (R); Stan McClain (R); Bobby Payne (R);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 8% (10 of 120)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | May 5, 2017 | In Messages |
| Senate | May 5, 2017 | Died in Messages |
| Senate | May 5, 2017 | Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration |
| House | May 3, 2017 | CS passed; YEAS 115 NAYS 1 |
| House | May 3, 2017 | Read 3rd time |
| House | May 2, 2017 | Temporarily postponed, on 3rd Reading |
| House | Apr 28, 2017 | Temporarily postponed, on 3rd Reading |
| House | Apr 27, 2017 | Temporarily postponed, on 3rd Reading |
| House | Apr 26, 2017 | Temporarily postponed, on 3rd Reading |
| House | Apr 25, 2017 | Placed on 3rd reading |
| House | Apr 25, 2017 | Read 2nd time |
| House | Apr 20, 2017 | Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/25/17 |
| House | Mar 30, 2017 | Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 |
| House | Mar 30, 2017 | Placed on Calendar |
| House | Mar 28, 2017 | On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 03/30/17, 9:00 am, Sumner Hall |
| House | Mar 10, 2017 | Now in Judiciary Committee |
| House | Mar 8, 2017 | CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 |
| House | Mar 8, 2017 | CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee read 1st time |
| House | Mar 8, 2017 | Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c) |
| House | Mar 7, 2017 | Introduced |
| House | Mar 6, 2017 | PCS on Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 03/08/17, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall |
| House | Jan 25, 2017 | Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee |
| House | Jan 18, 2017 | Filed |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Comm Sub | Mar 8, 2017 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Jan 18, 2017 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
House: Third Reading RCS#402
Link: link to state bill page
