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Proposed Florida Firearm Legislation S0910

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Legislation Overview

Title: Exempting Law Enforcement Officers from the Waiting Period for Handgun Purchases

Description: Proposing amendments to the State Constitution to exempt law enforcement officers from the 3-day waiting period for handgun purchases under state law and under any county ordinance requiring a waiting period for handgun purchases, etc.

Session: 2017 Regular Session

Last Action: Died in Judiciary

Last Action Date: May 5, 2017

Sponsors

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2 sponsors: Dennis Baxley (R); Debbie Mayfield (R);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 5% (2 of 40)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate May 5, 2017 Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
Senate May 5, 2017 Died in Judiciary
Senate Mar 7, 2017 Introduced
Senate Mar 2, 2017 On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/07/17, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building --Temporarily Postponed
Senate Feb 23, 2017 Referred to Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
Senate Feb 13, 2017 Filed
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced Feb 13, 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

There have not been any votes on this bill

Link: link to state bill page

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