24 total bills, 7 anti-gun bills,
8 pro-gun bills for this session
Proposed Kentucky Firearm Legislation
24 total bills, 7 anti-gun bills,
8 pro-gun bills for this session
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Title: Request that the Legislative Research Commission create the Gun Safety and Violence Prevention Task Force to study public safety, public protection, and gun safety issues.
Description: Request that the Legislative Research Commission create the Gun Safety and Violence Prevention Task Force to study public safety, public protection, and gun safety issues.
Last Action: to Judiciary (H)
Last Action Date: January 5, 2016
Title: AN ACT relating to interpersonal protective orders.
Description: Establish KRS Chapter 456 and create new sections thereof to allow persons to petition for interpersonal protective orders when the person has been the victim of domestic violence and abuse, dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; define terms; set forth legislative intent; establish procedures for the filing, review, and hearing of the petition and issuance and service of a resulting protective order; provide court processes and evidentiary standards, county attorney protocols, a process for filing, authenticating, and enforcing protective orders from other states, entry of the orders into law enforcement systems, and law enforcement responsibilities; set penalties for violation of the order and protocols for ordering GPS monitoring of a respondent; create a new section of KRS 403.715 to 403.785; provide transitional provisions in regard to the existing domestic violence order system; amend KRS 431.005 and 431.015 to account for arrests in dating violence situations; amend KRS 508.155 to provide a transition timeline for the existing stalking protective order system; create a new section of KRS Chapter 510 to establish a system for issuance of a protective order in rape, sodomy, and abuse cases; amend various other sections to conform; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2016.
Last Action: signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 102)
Last Action Date: April 1, 2015
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 second 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: posted in committee
Last Action Date: March 10, 2015
Title: Request that the Legislative Research Commission create the Gun Safety and Violence Prevention Task Force to study public safety, public protection, and gun safety issues.
Description: Request that the Legislative Research Commission create the Gun Safety and Violence Prevention Task Force to study public safety, public protection, and gun safety issues.
Last Action: to Judiciary (H)
Last Action Date: January 6, 2015
Title: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Gun Safety and Violence Prevention Task Force.
Description: Request that the Legislative Research Commission create the Gun Safety and Violence Prevention Task Force to study public safety, public protection, and gun safety issues.
Last Action: Prefiled by the sponsor(s)
Last Action Date: December 11, 2015
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 Kentuckians' rights to possess firearms in accordance with the second 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: floor amendment (1) filed
Last Action Date: January 27, 2016
Title: AN ACT relating to the Department of Corrections' farm operations.
Description: Create a new section of KRS Chapter 193 to expand, to the extent feasible, the Department of Corrections’ current Farm Operations Program to all adult correctional facilities operated within the Commonwealth, including correctional facilities operated by private contractors; include definitions for "agriculture," "agricultural commodity," "apiary", "aquaculture," "food bank," livestock," and "poultry"; restrict the consumption of food and agricultural products grown or produced under the Farm Operations Program to inmates and other enumerated individuals or organizations; require that any surplus of agricultural commodities be donated; exempt certain livestock production, use, and ; authorize the department to create an outreach program to facilitate the development of farm operations programs for county jails; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to develop a strategic plan for the implementation of the goals, objectives, and program criteria of the Farm Operations Program; identify land and property suitable for development; require the department to submit an annual report to the Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary by November 1, beginning in 2017 and provide information on the status of the program, including progress made in achieving the program’s purposes, expenditures, and cost savings attributed to the program, and any other information the department can provide concerning the program’s operations.
Last Action: recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Last Action Date: February 9, 2016
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: posted in committee
Last Action Date: March 10, 2015
Title: AN ACT relating to law enforcement.
Description: Amend KRS 16.220 to allow funds from the sale of confiscated firearms to be used to purchase body-worn cameras and establish guidelines therefor.
Last Action: signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 95)
Last Action Date: April 13, 2016
Title: AN ACT relating to local controls of firearms, ammunition, and firearms accessories.
Description: Amend KRS 65.870 to specifically exempt a duly organized law enforcement agency that enacts and enforces regulations pertaining to firearms, ammunition, or accessories in the course of official duties; exempt any entity subject to the prohibitions of the section to the extent that it may regulate or prohibit the carrying of firearms and ammunition by an employee during and in the course of the employee's official duties.
Last Action: to Judiciary (H)
Last Action Date: February 5, 2015
Title: AN ACT relating to firearms marketed to children.
Description: Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 requiring the office of the Attorney General to promulgate regulations related to the marketing, advertising, labeling, distributing, and sale of firearms designed to appeal to children; prohibit the sale of firearms designed with cartoon characters or designed specifically to appeal to children; forbid the marketing, advertising, or promotion of firearms designed specifically to appeal to children; provide that this section does not apply to BB, paintball, or pellet-firing air guns; enumerate that a violation of this section is considered an unfair, misleading, or deceptive act or practice in violation of KRS 367.170; provide that the remedies and powers given to the Attorney General under KRS 367.170 and the penalties under KRS 367.990 related to consumer protection apply to violations of the section; state that this section does not limit the powers and duties of the Attorney General under any other provision of law; and amend KRS 237.020 to conform.
Last Action: to Judiciary (H)
Last Action Date: February 10, 2015
Title: AN ACT relating to firearms.
Description: Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to prohibit a person from selling a firearm, rifle, or shotgun at a flea market or gun show to any purchaser, unless the purchaser is licensed to carry a concealed weapon within the state of Kentucky or is licensed to carry a concealed weapon by a state that has entered into a reciprocity agreement with the state of Kentucky; prohibit a seller from conducting business with a purchaser who does not comply with the provisions of this section; require that the seller complete a form, approved by the Kentucky State Police, that identifies and confirms that the parties comply with the requirements of this section; require that information collected on this form be confidential and only available to a law enforcement officer of the Commonwealth when in the discharge of his or her duties; specify that this section does not apply to any seller who engages in the sale or transfer of less than five firearms, rifles, or shotguns in any calendar year at flea markets and gun shows within the state of Kentucky or to the sale or transfer of a firearm, rifle, or shotgun between spouses, children, or stepchildren within the same immediate family; provide that is a violation of this section for any person engaged in the sale or transfer of a firearm, rifle, or shotgun to leave the premises of the event in question solely to avoid compliance with the provisions of this section; require that a violation of this section shall be Class B misdemeanor.
Last Action: to Judiciary (H)
Last Action Date: February 10, 2015
Title: AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapon fees.
Description: Amend KRS 237.110 to change concealed carry deadly weapon license paper application fees or renewal fees from $60 to $10 for persons 60 years of age or older; amend KRS 237.122 to change concealed carry applicant training course fees from $75 to $25 for persons 60 years of age or older.
Last Action: to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Last Action Date: February 11, 2015
Title: AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapon training.
Description: Amend KRS 237.122 to allow firearms instructor trainers or certified firearms instructors to charge any amount for applicant training courses, rather than capping the amount at $75.
Last Action: to Judiciary (H)
Last Action Date: February 12, 2015
Title: AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapon training.
Description: Amend KRS 237.120 to require the Department of Criminal Justice Training to review and update all in-service training materials every 3 years.
Last Action: to Judiciary (H)
Last Action Date: February 12, 2015
Title: AN ACT relating to corrections.
Description: Amend KRS 196.037 to allow Department of Corrections Internal Affairs officers and supervisors of the department to have the powers of peace officers while carrying out their duties; amend KRS 186.412 to remove the requirement that offenders released by DOC present a birth certificate in order to obtain a driver's license; amend KRS 237.110 to allow current and retired Department of Corrections officers who have completed firearms training to be exempt from training requirements for permits to carry a concealed deadly weapon; amend KRS 441.064 to ensure that the governing bodies of local correctional facilities are properly notified of findings of jail inspections and jail conditions; amend KRS 441.115 to require that jail employees receive training on communicable diseases. Amend KRS 441.045 to allow the release from custody to receive medical treatment of a person in the custody of the Department of Corrections who is placed in a local jail.
Last Action: signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 126)
Last Action Date: April 6, 2015
Title: AN ACT relating to general principles of justification.
Description: Create a new section of KRS Chapter 503 to incorporate the "no duty to retreat" provisions elsewhere in the chapter; amend KRS 503.050, 503.055, 503.070, and 503.080 to require a reasonable belief that defensive force is necessary before it is justified; change the term "great bodily harm" to "serious physical injury" as used throughout the Penal Code; amend KRS 503.060 to require an initial aggressor to retreat before the use of force can be rejustified; repeal KRS 503.120.
Last Action: to Judiciary (S)
Last Action Date: February 3, 2015
Title: AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapons training.
Description: Amend KRS 237.110 to prohibit administrative regulations which would require concealed deadly weapon license applicants to clean guns in class; replace hands-on classroom gun cleaning requirements with instructor demonstrations; amend KRS 237.120 to require instructor trainers to have 3 years of prior experience as applicant instructors; amend KRS 237.122 to allow firearms instructor trainers or certified firearms instructors to charge any amount for courses, rather than capping the applicant course at $75 and the instructor course at $150; amend KRS 237.128 and 237.132 to conform.
Last Action: to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
Last Action Date: January 7, 2016
Title: AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapons.
Description: Amend KRS 527.020 to add members of the Kentucky General Assembly to the list of persons authorized to receive expanded concealed carry permits.
Last Action: to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
Last Action Date: February 3, 2015
Title: AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapons.
Description: Amend KRS 237.110 to allow current and retired federal, military, and Coast Guard peace officers who are under 21 years of age to apply for a permit to carry a concealed deadly weapon.
Last Action: to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
Last Action Date: February 5, 2015
Title: AN ACT relating to concealed carry licenses.
Description: Amend KRS 237.110 to recognize a National Rifle Association firearms safety or training course that includes a live-fire component as a qualifying class for an applicant for a license to carry a concealed deadly weapon.
Last Action: signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 60)
Last Action Date: March 23, 2015
Title: AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapons training.
Description: Amend KRS 237.110 to prohibit administrative regulations which would require concealed deadly weapon license applicants to clean guns in class; replace hands-on classroom gun cleaning requirements with instructor demonstrations; allow firearms safety instructors to issue certificates of completion rather than the Department of Criminal Justice Training; amend KRS 237.128 and 237.132 to conform.
Last Action: placed in the Orders of the Day
Last Action Date: March 23, 2015
Title: AN ACT relating to public hospitals.
Description: Amend KRS 65.870 to allow public hospitals to regulate the possession of firearms and ammunition.
Last Action: to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
Last Action Date: February 10, 2015
Title: AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapons training.
Description: Amend KRS 237.110 to prohibit administrative regulations which would require concealed deadly weapon license applicants to clean guns in class; replace hands-on classroom gun cleaning requirements with instructor demonstrations; amend KRS 237.120 to require instructor trainers to have three (3) years of prior experience as applicant instructors; amend KRS 237.122 to allow firearms instructor trainers or certified firearms instructors to charge any amount for courses, rather than capping the applicant course at $75 and the instructor course at $150; amend KRS 237.128 and 237.132 to conform.
Last Action: to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
Last Action Date: February 19, 2015
