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Proposed Kentucky Firearm Legislation HB76

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: AN ACT relating to firearms and declaring an emergency.

Subject: Crimes and Punishments: Criminal Procedure: Effective Dates, Emergency: Firearms and Weapons: Local Government: Police, State: State Agencies: Administrative Regulations and Proceedings: Corrections Impact: Local Mandate

Description: Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to specify definitions for "assault weapons," "large-capacity ammunition-feeding devices," "bump stocks," and "ammunition sellers"; require background checks for private firearms sales; require reporting to law enforcement of firearm and ammunition thefts and losses; require the safe storage of firearms; and to prohibit the manufacture, sale, or transfer of a bump stock; amend KRS 395.250 to require an estate's inventory to list each firearm; amend KRS 403.735 to require judges, when issuing an order of protection, to consider whether a person against whom the order is entered should be prohibited from possessing an firearm; amend KRS 504.030 to require judges in criminal cases where a person is found guilty by reason of insanity to demand the surrender of the defendant's firearms; amend KRS 237.104 to conform; amend KRS 506.080 to specify that the offense of facilitation includes assistance in providing firearms; amend KRS 508.020 to include physical injury to a minor by virtue of the intentional discharge of a firearm within the offense of assault in the second degree; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to create the offense of criminal purchase or disposal of a weapon; amend KRS 527.040 to require that the sentence for a felon in possession of a firearm be served subsequent to any other felony sentence; amend KRS 527.070 to include post secondary education facilities within the existing ban on firearms in schools; amend KRS 532.030 to require the judge pronouncing a defendant guilty but mentally ill to demand the surrender of the person's firearms; create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to require the State Police to promulgate administrative regulations relating to the licensing of persons to possess firearms and assault weapons, the registration of firearms and assault weapons, and the logging of firearms and ammunition sales effective January 1, 2020; amend KRS 532.025 to conform; amend KRS 237.115 to conform; repeal KRS 65.870; EMERGENCY.

Session: 2019 Regular Session

Last Action: to Judiciary (H)

Last Action Date: January 10, 2019

Sponsors

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10 sponsors: George Brown (D); Tina Bojanowski (D); Charles Booker (D); Thomas Burch (D); Kelly Flood (D); Joe Graviss (D); Joni Jenkins (D); Mary Marzian (D); Attica Scott (D); Lisa Willner (D);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 10% (10 of 100)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Jan 10, 2019 to Judiciary (H)
House Jan 8, 2019 introduced in House
House Nov 19, 2018 Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
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

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