Proposed Kentucky Firearm Legislation SB98
Legislation Overview
Title: AN ACT relating to prohibiting the enforcement of a federal ban or regulation of firearms and declaring an emergency.
Subject: Effective Dates, Emergency: Federal Laws and Regulations: Firearms and Weapons: Local Government: Peace Officers and Law Enforcement: Police, City and County: Police, State: Public Officers and Employees: Sheriffs: Charter County Government: Consolidated Local Governments: Unified Local Governments: Cities: Civil Actions: Counties: Local Mandate
Description: Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to define terms; prohibit identified entities from enforcing federal firearm bans; prohibit identified entities from adopting rules, regulations, or ordinances that require enforcement of federal firearm bans; prohibit identified entities from allocating public resources or moneys in the enforcement of federal firearm bans; establish that federal laws, orders, or regulations that infringe upon Second Amendment rights shall be invalid and not recognized in the Commonwealth of Kentucky; create liability for enforcement of federal bans that infringe on law-abiding citizens' rights; establish a civil penalty for violations; waive sovereign immunity; provide that the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Second Amendment Preservation Act; EMERGENCY.
Session: 2023 Regular Session
Last Action: to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
Last Action Date: February 10, 2023
Sponsors
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3 sponsors: Lindsey Tichenor (R); Adrienne Southworth (R); Brandon Storm (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 8% (3 of 38)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Feb 10, 2023 | to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) |
| Senate | Feb 8, 2023 | introduced in Senate |
| Senate | Feb 8, 2023 | to Committee on Committees (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
