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2024 SESSION

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HB 158 Firearm locking device; required for sale or transfer of firearm.

Introduced by: Adele Y. McClure | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Firearm locking device required for sale or transfer of firearm; warning against accessibility to children; penalty. Makes it a Class 3 misdemeanor for any licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer any firearm to any person other than a licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer unless the transferee is provided with a locking device for that firearm and the firearm is accompanied by a warning, in conspicuous and legible type in capital letters printed on a separate sheet of paper included within the packaging enclosing the firearm, that firearms 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 incorporates HB 12.

FULL TEXT

• 01/02/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101536D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/26/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24106293D-H1  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted

HISTORY

• 01/02/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101536D
• 01/02/24  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/15/24  House: Referred from Courts of Justice by voice vote
• 01/15/24  House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
• 01/16/24  House: Assigned PS sub: Firearms
• 01/25/24  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N)
• 01/26/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24106293D-H1
• 01/26/24  House: Incorporates HB12 (Jones)
• 01/26/24  House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
• 01/30/24  House: Read first time
• 01/31/24  House: Read second time
• 01/31/24  House: Committee substitute agreed to 24106293D-H1
• 01/31/24  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB158H1
• 02/01/24  House: Read third time and passed House (51-Y 49-N)
• 02/01/24  House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 49-N)
• 02/02/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/02/24  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/28/24  Senate: Continued to 2025 in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)