Proposed Kentucky Firearm Legislation HB463
Legislation Overview
Title: AN ACT relating to firearms.
Subject: Courts, District: Crimes and Punishments: Firearms and Weapons: Peace Officers and Law Enforcement: Police, City and County: Police, State: Property: Public Advocate: Purchasing: Attorney, County: Attorneys: Civil Procedure: Public Protection: Corrections Impact: Local Mandate
Description: Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to allow law enforcement officers to petition a court to issue extreme risk protection orders when a respondent poses a present danger of causing serious physical injury to themselves or others through purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm; establish procedures for the filing, review, hearing, termination, or renewal of the petition and orders; provide court processes and evidentiary standards; allow entry of the orders into law enforcement systems; prescribe issuance and service procedures for resulting protection orders; establish procedures for the surrender, storage, transfer, and return of firearms; establish penalties; create new sections of KRS Chapter 16 to direct the Kentucky State Police to establish the Kentucky Voluntary No Sell Firearms List to prohibit the possession, sale, or transfer of firearms to individuals who voluntarily request to be added the list; prescribe procedures for application for entry and removal from the list; establish penalties; amend KRS 16.220 to direct proceeds of an auctioned firearm confiscated pursuant to a protective order to go to the firearm owner; amend KRS 237.110 to exclude persons subject to protection order from eligibility for license to carry a concealed weapon; amend KRS 431.015 to allow warrantless arrest for violation of protection order; amend 431.076 to allow expungement of records of dismissed petitions.
Session: 2021 Regular Session
Last Action: to Committee on Committees (H)
Last Action Date: February 10, 2021
Sponsors
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4 sponsors: Lisa Willner (D); Nima Kulkarni (D); Josie Raymond (D); Attica Scott (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 4% (4 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 10, 2021 | introduced in House |
| House | Feb 10, 2021 | 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
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
