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2024 SESSION

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SB 642 Firearms; purchase, etc., following an assault and battery of a family or household member, etc.

Introduced by: Russet Perry | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearm; assault and battery of a family or household member or intimate partner; penalties. Adds to the existing definition of "family or household member" a person's intimate partner, defined in the bill as an individual who, within the previous 12 months, was in a romantic, dating, or sexual relationship with the person. The bill also provides that any person who knowingly and intentionally purchases, possesses, or transports any firearm following a misdemeanor conviction for an offense that occurred on or after July 1, 2024, for the offense of assault and battery against an intimate partner or an offense substantially similar under the laws of any other state or of the United States is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill incorporates SB 319. This bill is identical to HB 362.

FULL TEXT

• 01/11/24  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 24105186D  pdf | impact statements
• 02/05/24  Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107066D-S1  pdf | impact statements
• 02/16/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24107834D-H1  pdf | impact statements
• 02/28/24  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB642ER)  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• Governor's veto explanation

HISTORY

• 01/11/24  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 24105186D
• 01/11/24  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/05/24  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
• 02/05/24  Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107066D-S1
• 02/05/24  Senate: Incorporates SB319 (Salim)
• 02/05/24  Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
• 02/07/24  Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
• 02/08/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/24  Senate: Read second time
• 02/09/24  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/09/24  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24107066D-S1
• 02/09/24  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB642S1
• 02/12/24  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
• 02/15/24  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/15/24  House: Read first time
• 02/15/24  House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
• 02/16/24  House: Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N)
• 02/16/24  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/16/24  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
• 02/16/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24107834D-H1
• 02/20/24  House: Read second time
• 02/21/24  House: Read third time
• 02/21/24  House: Committee substitute agreed to 24107834D-H1
• 02/21/24  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB642H1
• 02/21/24  House: Passed House with substitute (52-Y 47-N 1-A)
• 02/21/24  House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N 1-A)
• 02/23/24  Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 17-N)
• 02/23/24  Senate: Title replaced 24107834D-H1
• 02/28/24  Senate: Enrolled
• 02/28/24  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB642ER)
• 02/28/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/02/24  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 (22-Y 18-N)
• 04/17/24  Senate: Requires 2/3 members present