Proposed Kentucky Firearm Legislation HB192
Legislation Overview
Title: AN ACT relating to firearms and making an appropriation therefor.
Subject: Crimes and Punishments: Fees: Firearms and Weapons: Police, State: Administrative Regulations and Proceedings: Appropriations: Corrections Impact: Local Mandate
Description: Amend KRS 527.010 to define "assault weapons" and "large-capacity ammunition-feeding devices"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to criminalize possession and transfer of unregistered large-capacity ammunition-feeding devices; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to establish a large-capacity ammunition-feeding device registration program under the Department of Kentucky State Police and to authorize a fee and trust account and make an appropriation; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to criminalize the possession of unregistered assault weapons and to require the owners of registered assault weapons to store the weapons in a manner which renders them inoperable to unauthorized users; create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to establish the assault weapons registration program and a weapons buyback program under the Department of Kentucky State Police and to authorize a fee and trust account and make an appropriation; amend KRS 16.220 and 237.104 to exempt weapons from the buyback program from prohibitions on the destruction of certain weapons.
Session: 2020 Regular Session
Last Action: to Judiciary (H)
Last Action Date: January 9, 2020
Sponsors
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2 sponsors: Jeffery Donohue (D); George Brown (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 2% (2 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Jan 9, 2020 | to Judiciary (H) |
| House | Jan 7, 2020 | introduced in House |
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
