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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
HB 2319 Firearms; access to certain persons in a shared dwelling, civil penalty.
Introduced by: Elizabeth R. Guzman | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Access to firearms; cohabitants; civil penalty. Makes it unlawful for an individual residing or cohabitating with any person who such individual knows or has reason to believe is prohibited from possessing or transporting a firearm to allow such person access to any firearm. The bill requires such individual to store such firearm in a manner that is inaccessible to such co-resident. If an individual violates any provision of the bill and the co-resident uses such firearm during the commission of a crime, such individual will be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $500, except for any crime committed against such individual. The bill further provides that an individual who lawfully possesses a firearm is not in violation of the provisions of the bill if he carries the firearm on or about his person or exercises control of the firearm.
FULL TEXT
- 01/21/21 House: Presented and ordered printed 21103164D pdf | impact statement
- 01/29/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21104015D-H1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
HISTORY
- 01/21/21 House: Presented and ordered printed 21103164D
- 01/21/21 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 01/25/21 House: Assigned PS sub: Firearms
- 01/26/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
- 01/29/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21104015D-H1
- 01/29/21 House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (12-Y 9-N)
- 02/01/21 House: Read first time
- 02/02/21 House: Read second time
- 02/02/21 House: Committee substitute agreed to 21104015D-H1
- 02/02/21 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2319H1
- 02/03/21 House: Read third time and passed House (53-Y 45-N)
- 02/03/21 House: VOTE: Passage (53-Y 45-N)
- 02/04/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/04/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/21 Senate: Assigned Judiciary sub: Civil Law
- 02/17/21 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (11-Y 4-N)