20 total bills, 0 anti-gun bills,
0 pro-gun bills for this session
Proposed Kentucky Firearm Legislation
20 total bills, 0 anti-gun bills,
0 pro-gun bills for this session
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note: Kentucky does not carry over legislation from session to session
Title: AN ACT relating to coal severance revenues.
Description: Amend various sections in KRS Chapter 42 to distribute coal severance revenues among the coal producing counties on the basis of the tax collected on coal severed or processed in each respective county; amend KRS 143.090 and 164.7891 to make conforming changes.
Last Action: to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Last Action Date: January 8, 2013
Title: Request the Legislative Research Commission to create the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force to study public safety, public protection, and gun safety issues.
Description:
Last Action: floor amendment (1) filed
Last Action Date: February 7, 2013
Title: AN ACT designating the Kentucky Long Rifle as the official gun of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Description: Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 naming and designating the Kentucky Long Rifle as the official gun of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Last Action: received in House
Last Action Date: March 26, 2013
Title: AN ACT relating to firearms, including ammunition and accessories for firearms.
Description: Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237, relating to firearms, ammunition, and firearms accessories made in Kentucky, marked "made in Kentucky," and used in Kentucky to specify that these items are exempt from federal law; specify that the exemption does not apply to machine guns, silencers, exploding ammunition, and firearms with a bore of one and one-half inches; name law the "Kentucky Firearms Freedom Act."
Last Action: reassigned to Judiciary (H)
Last Action Date: February 12, 2013
Title: AN ACT relating to preserving the right of Kentuckians to own and use firearms and declaring an emergency.
Description: Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to state legislative findings; set forth relevant sections of the Constitution of the United States, Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, and decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States, relating to the right to keep and bear arms; provide that the General Assembly is concerned about possible federal contravention of rights guaranteed under the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; specify that the Commonwealth of Kentucky does not recognize federal statutes, regulations, and other actions which deny or abridge the right to keep and bear arms; require the General Assembly to take action to protect constitutional rights.
Last Action: reassigned to Judiciary (H)
Last Action Date: February 12, 2013
Title: AN ACT relating to preserving the right of Kentuckians to own and use firearms.
Description: Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to declare legislative intent; invalidate and nullify all federal laws and regulations restricting ownership or possession of firearms; direct the General Assembly to take all appropriate action to safeguard Kentuckian's rights to possess firearms in accordance with the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and Section 1 of the Constitution of Kentucky; amend KRS 527.040 to add persons who have been dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States and persons illegally or unlawfully in the United States to the list of persons who shall not possess firearms.
Last Action: reassigned to Judiciary (H)
Last Action Date: February 12, 2013
Title: AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapons.
Description: Amend KRS 237.110 to allow corrections officers, current or retired, of urban-county governments or merged governments to use their professional training to satisfy the training requirement in applying for a concealed-carry permit.
Last Action: to Judiciary (H)
Last Action Date: February 7, 2013
Title: AN ACT relating to firearms and declaring an emergency.
Description: Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to specify definitions for assault weapons, large-capacity ammunition-feeding devices, 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; 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 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 run consecutively with any other felony sentence; amend KRS 527.070 to include colleges and universities 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, 2014; repeal KRS 65.870; EMERGENCY.
Last Action: to Judiciary (H)
Last Action Date: February 12, 2013
Title: AN ACT relating to electronic cigarettes.
Description: Amend KRS 438.305 to define "e-cigarette"; amend KRS 438.310 to prohibit the retail sales of e-cigarettes to anyone under age 18; amend KRS 438.311 to prohibit anyone under 18 from buying e-cigarettes at retail; amend KRS 438.313 to prohibit the distribution free of charge of e-cigarettes to those under 18; amend KRS 438.315 to prohibit the sale of e-cigarettes by vending machine; amend KRS 438.320 to require reporting of e-cigarettes supplied to retail establishments; amend KRS 438.325 to require retailers to inform employees of e-cigarette prohibitions; amend KRS 438.330 to clarify agency retail inspections; amend KRS 438.350 to bar those under 18 from possessing e-cigarettes; amend sections of KRS Chapters 438, 600, 610, and 630 to conform.
Last Action: to Licensing & Occupations (H)
Last Action Date: January 30, 2014
Title: AN ACT relating to the auction of semiautomatic assault rifles by the Department of Kentucky State Police.
Description: Amend KRS 16.220, relating the auction of confiscated firearms by the Department of Kentucky State Police to define "semiautomatic assault rifle" and other terms and to prohibit the auction of a semiautomatic assault rifle by the Department of Kentucky State Police; permit the Department of Kentucky State Police to donate a semiautomatic assault rifle to a Kentucky law enforcement agency and, if no agency wants the semiautomatic assault rifle; require destruction of the semiautomatic assault rifle.
Last Action: to Judiciary (H)
Last Action Date: February 12, 2013
Title: AN ACT relating to reorganization.
Description: Amend KRS 15.010, relating to the Department of Law, to rename various units within the department and abolish the Child Support Enforcement Commission; repeal KRS 15.290; amend various other statutes to conform; confirm Attorney General Executive Order 12-01, dated June 5, 2012.
Last Action: to Judiciary (S)
Last Action Date: February 27, 2013
Title: AN ACT relating to firearms, including ammunition and accessories for firearms.
Description: Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 relating to firearms, ammunition, and firearms accessories made in Kentucky, marked "made in Kentucky," and used in Kentucky to specify that these items are exempt from federal law; specify that the exemption does not apply to machine guns, silencers, exploding ammunition, and firearms with a bore of 1 1/2 inches; name law the "Kentucky Firearms Freedom Act."
Last Action: to Judiciary (H)
Last Action Date: February 12, 2013
Title: AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.
Description: Amend and create various KRS sections to convert certain misdemeanors to prepayable violations and set fines.
Last Action: to Judiciary (H)
Last Action Date: February 9, 2015
Title: AN ACT relating to preserving the right of Kentuckians to own and use firearms and declaring an emergency.
Description: Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to require the General Assembly to enact laws to prevent the enforcement of federal acts that violate the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution; EMERGENCY.
Last Action: to Judiciary (H)
Last Action Date: February 12, 2013
Title: AN ACT relating to firearms and declaring an emergency.
Description: Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to prohibit the enforceability of any new federal law, rule, regulation, or order relating to the ownership or registration of certain firearms, magazines, or other firearms accessories; EMERGENCY.
Last Action: to Judiciary (H)
Last Action Date: February 15, 2013
Title: AN ACT relating to concealed carry licenses.
Description: Amend KRS 237.110 to allow military firearms training to meet the firearms training requirement to obtain a concealed carry license.
Last Action: to Judiciary (S)
Last Action Date: February 5, 2013
Title: AN ACT relating to firearms and declaring an emergency.
Description: Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to limit the applicability and enforceability of federal firearms laws within the boundaries of Kentucky; create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to prohibit certain firearms such as machine guns and short-barreled shot guns and rifles; amend KRS 237.030 to specify additional firearm definitions; amend KRS 237.070 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to prohibit certain persons from possessing firearms; EMERGENCY.
Last Action: WITHDRAWN
Last Action Date: February 11, 2013
Title: AN ACT relating to firearms and declaring an emergency.
Description: Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to specify definitions for assault weapons, large-capacity ammunition-feeding devices, 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; 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 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 run consecutively with any other felony sentence; amend KRS 527.070 to include colleges and universities 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, 2014; repeal KRS 65.870; EMERGENCY.
Last Action: to Judiciary (S)
Last Action Date: February 11, 2013
Title: AN ACT relating to firearms and declaring an emergency.
Description: Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to prohibit the enforceability of any new federal law, rule, regulation, or order relating to the ownership or registration of certain firearms, magazines, or other firearms accessories; EMERGENCY.
Last Action: posted in committee
Last Action Date: March 7, 2013
Title: AN ACT relating to knives.
Description: Amend KRS 65.870, preempting local regulation of firearms and ammunition, to include knives within the scope of the statute.
Last Action: to State & Local Government (S)
Last Action Date: February 19, 2013
