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2024 SESSION

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HB 362 Firearms; purchase, etc., following an assault and battery of a family or household member, etc.

Introduced by: Adele Y. McClure | 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. This bill is identical to SB 642.

FULL TEXT

• 01/06/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104469D  pdf | impact statements
• 02/02/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24106143D-H1  pdf | impact statements
• 02/26/24  Senate: Committee substitute printed 24108243D-S1  pdf | impact statements
• 03/07/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB362ER)  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• Governor's veto explanation

HISTORY

• 01/06/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104469D
• 01/06/24  House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
• 01/16/24  House: Assigned PS sub: Firearms
• 02/01/24  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 3-N)
• 02/01/24  House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/02/24  House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
• 02/02/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24106143D-H1
• 02/02/24  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/04/24  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
• 02/12/24  House: Committee substitute agreed to 24106143D-H1
• 02/12/24  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB362H1
• 02/13/24  House: Read third time and passed House (53-Y 46-N)
• 02/13/24  House: VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-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 with substitute (8-Y 5-N)
• 02/26/24  Senate: Committee substitute printed 24108243D-S1
• 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: Reading of substitute waived
• 03/01/24  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24108243D-S1
• 03/01/24  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB362S1
• 03/01/24  Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N)
• 03/04/24  House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108243D-S1 (52-Y 46-N)
• 03/04/24  House: VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 46-N)
• 03/07/24  House: Enrolled
• 03/07/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB362ER)
• 03/07/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/08/24  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/11/24  House: 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  House: House sustained Governor's veto