Proposed Kentucky Firearm Legislation HB159
Legislation Overview
Title: AN ACT relating to firearms and declaring an emergency.
Subject: Federal Laws and Regulations: Corrections Impact: Local Mandate: Courts, Circuit: Crimes and Punishments: Criminal Procedure: Effective Dates, Emergency: Firearms and Weapons: Local Government: Short Titles and Popular Names: Peace Officers and Law Enforcement: Prosecutors: State Agencies: State Employees: Attorney General: Civil Actions: Civil Procedure
Description: Create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to define terms; prohibit an identified entity from enforcing or assisting in the enforcement of, any federal law that does not exist under the laws of Kentucky and limits firearm ownership; create a Class B misdemeanor with enhancement for subsequent offenses for any government official who violates the prohibition; grant authority to the Attorney General to file a civil action in Circuit Court to enforce the prohibition; permit citizens to file complaints with the Attorney General for violations of the prohibition; make federal agents subject to arrest for enforcing prohibition or attempting to arrest local or state officials; provide that the Act may be cited as the Kentucky 2nd Amendment Preservation Act; EMERGENCY.
Session: 2023 Regular Session
Last Action: to Committee on Committees (H)
Last Action Date: February 7, 2023
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Savannah Maddox (R);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 7, 2023 | introduced in House |
| House | Feb 7, 2023 | to Committee on Committees (H) |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | not available | 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
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Link: link to state bill page
