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2020 SESSION
HB 1288 Firearms; purchase, possession, etc., following certain convictions, penalty.
Introduced by: Kathleen Murphy | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearms following conviction for assault and battery of a family or household member; permit to restore rights; penalties. Prohibits a person who has been convicted of stalking, sexual battery, assault and battery of a family or household member, or assault and battery when the person intentionally selects the person against whom a simple assault is committed because of his race, religious conviction, color, or national origin from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm. A person who violates this provision is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill provides for a process by which a person convicted of such crime may petition the circuit court for a reinstatement of his right to possess or transport a firearm and the factors a court shall consider in determining such reinstatement. This bill incorporated HB 78, HB 459, and HB 900.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102171D pdf | impact statement
- 02/07/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107549D-H1 pdf | impact statements
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
HISTORY
- 01/08/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102171D
- 01/08/20 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 01/27/20 House: Assigned PS sub: Firearms
- 02/04/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/07/20 House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (11-Y 9-N)
- 02/07/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107549D-H1
- 02/07/20 House: Incorporates HB78 (Kory)
- 02/07/20 House: Incorporates HB900 (Levine)
- 02/07/20 House: Incorporates HB459 (Sullivan)
- 02/09/20 House: Read first time
- 02/10/20 House: Read second time
- 02/10/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20107549D-H1
- 02/10/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1288H1
- 02/11/20 House: Read third time and passed House (52-Y 47-N)
- 02/11/20 House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N)
- 02/12/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/12/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/24/20 Senate: Continued to 2021 in Judiciary (12-Y 3-N)