Proposed Kentucky Firearm Legislation HB585
Legislation Overview
Title: AN ACT relating to firearms and declaring an emergency.
Subject: Civil Procedure: Local Mandate: Corrections Impact: Courts, Circuit: Crimes and Punishments: Criminal Procedure: Effective Dates, Emergency: Federal Laws and Regulations: Firearms and Weapons: Governor: Local Government: Peace Officers and Law Enforcement: Prosecutors: State Agencies: State Employees: Attorney General: Civil Actions
Description: Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to define terms; prohibit a covered entity from enforcing, or assisting in the enforcement of, any federal statute, order, rule, or regulation of firearms that does not exist under the laws of Kentucky; create a Class A misdemeanor 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; state the Act shall be known as the Kentucky Firearms Protection Act; EMERGENCY.
Session: 2021 Regular Session
Last Action: to Committee on Committees (H)
Last Action Date: February 23, 2021
Sponsors
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4 sponsors: Scott Sharp (R); Deanna Frazier (R); Danny Bentley (R); Jennifer Henson Decker (R);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 4% (4 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 23, 2021 | introduced in House |
| House | Feb 23, 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
