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Proposed Florida Firearm Legislation S0912

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Legislation Overview

Title: Exceptions to Requirements for the Purchase and Sale of Firearms

Description: Exempting certain qualified law enforcement officers and qualified retired law enforcement officers from the 3-day waiting period for purchasing a handgun; exempting concealed weapon or concealed firearm licensees and certain current and retired law enforcement officers from certain county criminal history and waiting period requirements when purchasing a firearm, 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Senate May 5, 2017 Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration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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