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2024 SESSION
HB 798 Firearms; purchase, possession, etc., following an assault and battery or stalking violation.
Introduced by: Patrick A. Hope | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearm following an assault and battery or stalking violation; prohibition period; penalty. Prohibits a person who has been convicted of assault and battery, assault and battery of a family or household member, or stalking from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm. The prohibition expires five years after the date of conviction, at which point the person's firearm rights are restored, unless he receives another disqualifying conviction. A person who violates the provisions of the bill is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also extends from three years to five years the existing prohibition period for persons convicted of assault and battery of certain family or household members.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104514D pdf | impact statements
- 03/25/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB798ER) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104514D
- 01/09/24 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 01/19/24 House: Assigned PS sub: Firearms
- 02/01/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N)
- 02/01/24 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/02/24 House: Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N)
- 02/02/24 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/02/24 House: Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety
- 02/07/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/07/24 House: Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N)
- 02/09/24 House: Read first time
- 02/12/24 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/13/24 House: Read third time and passed House (52-Y 47-N)
- 02/13/24 House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N)
- 02/14/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/14/24 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/26/24 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/26/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/28/24 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
- 02/29/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/24 Senate: Read third time
- 03/01/24 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/04/24 Senate: Read third time
- 03/04/24 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/05/24 Senate: Read third time
- 03/05/24 Senate: Amendment by Senator Perry agreed to
- 03/05/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 03/05/24 Senate: Defeated by Senate (20-Y 20-N)
- 03/05/24 Senate: Chair votes No
- 03/05/24 Senate: Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/24 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (21-Y 19-N)
- 03/06/24 House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (50-Y 47-N)
- 03/06/24 House: VOTE: Adoption (50-Y 47-N)
- 03/25/24 House: Enrolled
- 03/25/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB798ER)
- 03/25/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/27/24 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
- 03/27/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 03/27/24 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/17/24 House: House sustained Governor's veto