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2024 SESSION
HB 12 Handguns; firearm locking device required for sale or transfer, child safety warning required.
Introduced by: Michael J. Jones | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Firearm locking device required for sale or transfer of handguns; child safety warning required; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer any handgun to any person, other than a licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer, unless the transferee is provided with a locking device for such handgun and the handgun is accompanied by a warning, in conspicuous and legible type in capital letters printed on a label affixed to the gun and on a separate sheet of paper included within the packaging enclosing the handgun, that handguns should be locked and kept away from children and that there may be civil and criminal liability for failing to do so. The bill provides exceptions for law-enforcement and governmental agencies. This bill was incorporated into HB 158.
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HISTORY
- 12/07/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101659D
- 12/07/23 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 01/13/24 House: Assigned PS sub: Firearms
- 01/25/24 House: Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB158-McClure) by voice vote
- 01/26/24 House: Incorporated by Public Safety (HB158-McClure) by voice vote