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2007 SESSION
HB 2998 Handguns; possession by certain persons who had parental rights terminated.
Introduced by: James M. Scott | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Possession of firearms by certain persons who have had parental rights terminated; penalty. Prohibits a person who has had his parental rights terminated based upon a finding of aggravated circumstances from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm. The bill defines aggravated circumstances as torture, chronic or severe abuse, or chronic or severe sexual abuse of a child of the parent or a child with whom the parent resided at the time such conduct occurred. A violation of this section would be a Class 1 misdemeanor.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 075828500 pdf | impact statement
- 02/05/07 House: Printed as engrossed 075828500-E pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 075828500
- 01/10/07 House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
- 02/02/07 House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with amendment (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/07 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/02/07 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/07 House: Read first time
- 02/05/07 House: Read second time
- 02/05/07 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/05/07 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB2998E
- 02/05/07 House: Printed as engrossed 075828500-E
- 02/06/07 House: Read third time and passed House (85-Y 14-N)
- 02/06/07 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (85-Y 14-N)
- 02/06/07 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/07/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/07 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/19/07 Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (6-Y 9-N)