Proposed Kentucky Firearm Legislation HB749
Legislation Overview
Title: AN ACT relating to the establishment of the Office of Public Defense.
Subject: Firearms and Weapons: Funds: Homeland Security: Military Affairs and Civil Defense: Police, State: State Agencies
Description: Create new sections of KRS Chapter 16 to define terms; establish the Office of Public Defense within the Department of Kentucky State Police to acquire and transfer machine guns to qualified persons; establish the duties of the office and its director; require the director or designee to issue a transfer certificate upon transfer of a machine gun to a qualified person; require a qualified person who becomes ineligible to possess a firearm to return a machine gun to the office within 7 days of learning of his or her prohibited status; allow a qualified person to transfer a machine gun to another qualified person; establish the public defense fund; provide civil immunity to the Commonwealth, the office, and the office's director, officers, and employees in the performance of their duties; provide that the Commonwealth, the office, and the office's director, officers, and employees shall not be civilly or criminally liable for acts or omissions of qualified persons; amend KRS 12.020 and 15A.020 to conform.
Session: 2026 Regular Session
Last Action: to Committee on Committees (H)
Last Action Date: February 25, 2026
Sponsors
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7 sponsors: T.J. Roberts (R); Steven Doan (R); Josh Calloway (R); Ryan Dotson (R); John Hodgson (R); Thomas Huff (R); Billy Wesley (R);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 7% (7 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 25, 2026 | introduced in House |
| House | Feb 25, 2026 | 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
