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2024 SESSION

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SB 273 Firearms; waiting period for purchases, penalty.

Introduced by: Suhas Subramanyam | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Purchase of firearms; waiting period; penalty. Provides that no person shall sell a firearm unless at least five days have elapsed from the time the prospective purchaser completes the written consent form to have a licensed dealer obtain criminal history record information, with exceptions enumerated in relevant law. This bill incorporates SB 55 and SB 551 and is identical to HB 1195.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/24  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104597D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/22/24  Senate: Committee substitute printed 24106020D-S1  pdf | impact statements
• 02/26/24  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB273ER)  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• Governor's veto explanation

HISTORY

• 01/09/24  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104597D
• 01/09/24  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/10/24  Senate: Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
• 01/22/24  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
• 01/22/24  Senate: Committee substitute printed 24106020D-S1
• 01/22/24  Senate: Incorporates SB55 (Salim)
• 01/22/24  Senate: Incorporates SB551 (Deeds)
• 01/22/24  Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
• 01/31/24  Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
• 02/01/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/02/24  Senate: Read second time
• 02/02/24  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/02/24  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24106020D-S1
• 02/02/24  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB273S1
• 02/05/24  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
• 02/13/24  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/13/24  House: Read first time
• 02/13/24  House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
• 02/16/24  House: Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N)
• 02/20/24  House: Read second time
• 02/21/24  House: Read third time
• 02/21/24  House: Passed House (51-Y 49-N)
• 02/21/24  House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 49-N)
• 02/26/24  Senate: Enrolled
• 02/26/24  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB273ER)
• 02/26/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/28/24  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/11/24  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
• 03/11/24  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
• 03/26/24  Governor: Vetoed by Governor
• 04/17/24  Senate: Passed in enrolled form rejected (21-Y 19-N)
• 04/17/24  Senate: Requires 2/3 members present