22 total bills, 1 anti-gun bills,
10 pro-gun bills for this session
Proposed Kentucky Firearm Legislation
22 total bills, 1 anti-gun bills,
10 pro-gun bills for this session
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Title: Encourage the Kentucky High School Athletic Association, local school districts, and schools to voluntarily promote trapshooting as a high school sport.
Description: Encourage the Kentucky High School Athletic Association, local school districts, and schools to voluntarily promote trapshooting as a high school sport.
Last Action: signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 143)
Last Action Date: April 25, 2014
Title: AN ACT relating to criminal records.
Description: Amend KRS 431.076 to expand the scope of an expungement motion under that statute to include felonies referred to a grand jury where no indictment ensues; amend KRS 431.078 to expand that statute's expungement process to include Class D felonies; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to establish various protections for persons whose records have been expunged; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to establish standards for commercial criminal record history providers; amend KRS 527.040 to expressly provide that an expunged felony does not trigger the application of that statute.
Last Action: to Judiciary (S)
Last Action Date: February 26, 2014
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: Request the Legislative Research Commission to create the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force to study public safety, public protection, and gun safety issues.
Last Action: to Judiciary (H)
Last Action Date: January 30, 2014
Title: AN ACT relating to the carrying of concealed deadly weapons by retired peace officers.
Description: Amend KRS 237.140, relating to concealed carry licenses for retired peace officers issued in conformity with the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act to allow the annual license to be extended in yearly increments up to four times before a new license is issued; amend KRS 527.020 to allow LEOSA-certified retired peace officers to carry concealed deadly weapons under the same conditions as actively employed officers.
Last Action: signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 118)
Last Action Date: April 11, 2014
Title: AN ACT relating to airports.
Description: Amend KRS 183.8811, relating to firearms and deadly weapons on airport property, to protect lawful possession of firearms and deadly weapons on airport property; specify that, in areas controlled by federal law or regulation relating to possession of firearms and deadly weapons, that federal law or regulation shall be followed.
Last Action: to Judiciary (H)
Last Action Date: January 8, 2014
Title: AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapons.
Description: Amend KRS 527.020, relating to carrying a concealed deadly weapon, to permit a retired peace officer who has a concealed deadly weapon license issued pursuant to the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act and KRS 237.138 to 237.142 to carry a concealed deadly weapon at all times at any location within the state except for a detention facility.
Last Action: signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 120)
Last Action Date: March 31, 2014
Title: AN ACT relating to carrying concealed deadly weapons.
Description: Amend 237.110 to waive the original concealed carry application fee for veterans discharged other than dishonorably.
Last Action: to Judiciary (H)
Last Action Date: January 8, 2014
Title: AN ACT relating to local firearms controls.
Description: Amend KRS 65.870 to authorize exceptions to the local firearms ordinances prohibition for ordinances related to firearm safety.
Last Action: to Judiciary (H)
Last Action Date: January 8, 2014
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 consolidated local governments to use their professional training to satisfy the training requirement in applying for a concealed-carry permit.
Last Action: to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
Last Action Date: March 24, 2014
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 3, 2014
Title: AN ACT relating to concealed weapons.
Description: Create a new section of KRS Chapter 403 to allow a person protected by an emergency protective order or a domestic violence order to carry, if authorized by the issuing court, a concealed deadly weapon for a period of up to 90 days, after the sheriff has performed a criminal background check and fingerprinted and photographed the person.
Last Action: to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
Last Action Date: March 6, 2014
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: to Judiciary (H)
Last Action Date: February 24, 2014
Title: AN ACT relating to concealed carry licenses.
Description: Amend KRS 237.110 to allow new residents of Kentucky who have valid concealed carry licenses from other states to waive the training requirements for Kentucky licenses and to use the out-of-state license in Kentucky for their first 120 days of residence.
Last Action: to Judiciary (H)
Last Action Date: February 27, 2014
Title: AN ACT relating to deadly weapons.
Description: Amend KRS 237.110 to allow firearms safety instructors to issue certificates of completion rather than the Department of Criminal Justice Training and to prohibit administrative regulations which would require concealed deadly weapon license applicants to clean guns in class; amend KRS 244.125 to prohibit alcohol consumption while in possession of a loaded firearm when on premises licensed to sell alcoholic beverages by the drink; amend KRS 237.128 and 237.132 to conform.
Last Action: to Judiciary (H)
Last Action Date: February 24, 2014
Title: AN ACT relating to boards of health.
Description: Amend KRS 212.230 to remove the board of health's ability to adopt administrative regulations by transferring the authority to the local legislative body; prohibit a board of health from regulating any part of firearms or ammunition.
Last Action: to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
Last Action Date: January 23, 2014
Title: AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapons and making an appropriation therefor.
Description: Amend 237.110 to allow both paper and electronic applications and renewals for concealed carry licenses; establish a $70 application fee and a $25 fee for duplicate licenses requested electronically; change the period for State Police to either issue or deny a license from 60 days for paper applications to 14 days for electronic applications; change the number of requests made to other states for license reciprocity from twice per year to once per year; APPROPRIATION.
Last Action: received in Senate
Last Action Date: April 15, 2014
Title: AN ACT relating to concealed weapons.
Description: Create a new section of KRS 403.715 to 403.785 to allow a person protected by an emergency protective order or a domestic violence order to carry, if authorized by the issuing court, a concealed deadly weapon for a period of up to 90 days after the sheriff has performed a criminal background check and fingerprinted and photographed the person.
Last Action: returned to Judiciary (H)
Last Action Date: March 25, 2014
Title: AN ACT relating to criminal record expungement and making an appropriation therefor.
Description: Create new sections of KRS Chapter 431 to allow a felony record to be expunged under specified circumstances; require the Administrative Office of the Courts to keep a confidential index of expungement orders for the preparation of presentence investigations; amend KRS 527.040, relating to possession of a firearm by a felon, to exempt individuals who have had their felony records expunged; require the Kentucky State Police, Attorney General, Department of Corrections, and Administrative Office of the Courts to establish regulations reflecting the actual cost of processing certification of eligibility for expungement.
Last Action: to Judiciary (S)
Last Action Date: February 4, 2014
Title: AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapons training.
Description: Amend KRS 237.110 to allow honorably discharged service members to waive the training requirement for a concealed deadly weapon license with certain documentation.
Last Action: returned to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Safety (H)
Last Action Date: March 25, 2014
Title: AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to create a Kentucky Pardon Board and amend Sections 145, 150, and 240 of the Constitution of Kentucky to conform.
Description: Propose to create a new Section 77A of the Constitution of Kentucky to create a Kentucky Pardon Board; propose to amend Sections 145, 150, and 240 of the Constitution of Kentucky to conform; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
Last Action: to State & Local Government (S)
Last Action Date: February 26, 2014
Title: AN ACT relating to transfers of firearms.
Description: Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to specify the conditions under which the chief of a local law enforcement agency certifies a transfer of items under the National Firearms Act.
Last Action: posted in committee
Last Action Date: March 24, 2014
Title: AN ACT relating to victims of sex offenses.
Description: Create a new section of KRS Chapter 510 to provide for a permanent restraining order for victims of sex offenses with application thereof to proceed automatically upon a conviction or plea of guilty for a violation of Chapter 510; establish that the court may grant the victim various forms of relief limiting contact between the defendant and the victim and the family and household members of the victim; provide that any such order be sufficiently limited to protect the victim but also protect a defendant
Last Action: received in Senate
Last Action Date: April 14, 2014
