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2022 SESSION
HB 204 Firearms; sale and transfer, criminal history record information check delay.
Introduced by: H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Sale and transfer of firearms; criminal history record information check delay. Decreases from five business days to three business days the time provided for the Department of State Police to complete a background check before a firearm may be transferred. If a dealer who has otherwise fulfilled all requirements is told by the State Police that a response will not be available by the end of the dealer's third business day, the dealer may complete the sale or transfer without being deemed in violation.
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HISTORY
- 01/10/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102442D
- 01/10/22 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 02/01/22 House: Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/03/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N)
- 02/04/22 House: Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N)
- 02/08/22 House: Read first time
- 02/09/22 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/10/22 House: Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N)
- 02/10/22 House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 48-N)
- 02/11/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/11/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/28/22 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)