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Friday, February 22, 2019

NEW YORK FREEDOM RIDER NEWS- 2/21/19 - firearms related updates

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ALASKA- new

HB4: An Act relating to assault in the third and fourth degrees; and relating to reckless endangerment. Defensive display of a firearm

Status:
2/20/2019: Read the first time- referrals to State Affairs and Judiciary Committees. Referred to State Affairs

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HB62: Gun violence protection orders. An Act relating to gun violence protective orders; relating to the crime of violating a protective order; relating to a central registry for protective orders; requiring physicians, psychologists, psychological associates, social workers, marital and family therapists, and licensed professional counselors to report annually threats of gun violence; relating to the powers of district judges and magistrates; amending Rules 4 and 65, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure, and Rule 9, Alaska Rules of Administration; and providing for an effective date

Status:
2/20/2019: Read first time. Referred to Judiciary then Finance Committee. To Judiciary

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CALIFORNIA- new, updates

AB688 [new]: Firearms: vehicle storage

Status:
02/19/19: From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
02/15/19: Read first time. To print.

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AB857: Firearms: unsafe handguns

Status:
02/20/19: Read first time. To print.

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AB879 [new]: Firearms

Status:
02/20/19: Read first time. To print.

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SB376 [new]: Firearms: transfers

Status:
02/20/19: Introduced. Read first time. To Committee on Rules for assignment. To print.

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AB164 [update]: Firearms: prohibited persons

Status:
02/20/19: From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Committee on Public Safety. Read second time and amended.

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AB425 [update]: Firearms: ammunition sales.

Status:
02/15/19: Referred to Committee on Public Safety

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FLORIDA- new, updates

HB941/S1206 [new]: Domestic Violence; Revises prohibition on sale or transfer of firearms to persons convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence offenses; prohibits persons convicted of misdemeanor offense of domestic violence from possessing firearm or ammunition; requires persons convicted of misdemeanor offenses of domestic violence to surrender all firearms & ammunition; provides requirements for law enforcement officers carrying out court order & taking possession of firearms & ammunition; requires all law enforcement agencies to develop certain policies & procedures; authorizes defendant to elect to transfer all firearms & ammunitions that he or she owns to another person; provides criminal penalties.

Status:
Assembly:
2/20/2019: Filed
Senate:
2/19/2019: Filed

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SB1238 [new]: Safety of Religious Institutions; Authorizing a church, a synagogue, or other religious institution to allow a concealed weapons or concealed firearms licensee to carry a firearm on the property of that church, synagogue, or other religious institution for certain purposes; authorizing a private school or a religious school to designate a person to carry a firearm on that school’s property, etc.

Status:
2/20/2019: Filed

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HB753 [update]: Licenses to Carry Concealed Weapons or Firearms

Status:
2/20/2019: Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee

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HB923/SB764 [update]: Home Safety

Status:
Assembly:
2/19/2019: Filed
Senate:
2/15/2019: Referred to Judiciary; Criminal Justice; Rules

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HB6039 [update]: Medical Privacy Concerning Firearms

Status:
2/20/2019: Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Health Quality Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee

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SB598 [update]: Firearms; Authorizing a concealed weapon or concealed firearm licensee to carry a concealed firearm on the property of a religious institution when the property also contains a school; providing exceptions, etc.

Status:
2/20/2019: Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2/19/2019: CS by Judiciary; Vote: 4-2

358568 – Amendment:

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SB654 [update]: Transfers of Firearms

Status:
2/15/2019: Referred to Judiciary; Criminal Justice; Rules

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SB956 [update]: Three-dimensional Printed Firearms

Status:
2/19/2019: Referred to Judiciary; Criminal Justice; Appropriations

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GEORGIA- new, update

HB361 [new]: Crimes and offenses; training requirement for certain persons making application for a weapons carry license or renewal license; provide

Status:
Feb/20/2019: House First Readers
Feb/19/2019: House Hopper

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HB384 [new]: Weapons; firearms stored or kept within a home be secured in a locked container; require

Status:
Feb/20/2019: House Hopper

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HB289 [update]: Georgia Firearms and Weapons Act; enact

Status:
Feb/15/2019: House Second Readers

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HAWAII- update

SB1466: Relating to gun violence protective orders

Status:
2/15/2019: The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-22-19 9:00AM in conference room 016.
2/15/2019: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
2/15/2019: Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 483) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.

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ILLINOIS- new

HB3006: Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that a person who is under 21 years of age may apply for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card without parental consent required if he or she is an active duty member of the United States Armed Forces. Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that the Department of State Police shall issue a concealed carry license to an applicant who is an active duty member of the United States Armed Forces.

Status:
2/15/2019: First Reading. Referred to Rules Committee

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HB3169: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 concerning unlawful use of weapons. Provides that 120 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, it is unlawful for a person to knowingly import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess, in this State, a bump-fire stock for a semi-automatic firearm that does not convert the semi-automatic firearm into a machine gun. Defines "bump-fire stock" as a butt stock designed to be attached to a semi-automatic firearm and designed, made, or altered, and intended to increase the rate of fire achievable with the firearm to that of a fully automatic firearm by using the energy from the recoil of the firearm to generate reciprocating action that facilitates repeated activation of the trigger. Provides that a violation is a Class 4 felony. Effective immediately.

Status:
2/15/2019: First Reading. Referred to Rules Committee

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HB3173: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the 72 hour waiting period before delivery of a concealable firearm after application for its purchase has been made does not apply to a person who has been issued a valid license to carry a concealed handgun under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Effective immediately.

Status:
2/15/2019: First Reading. Referred to Rules Committee

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HB3189: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits the offense of unlawful use of weapons when he or she knowingly possesses, sells or offers to sell, purchases, manufactures, imports, transfers, or uses: (1) any manual, power-driven, or electronic device that is designed to and functions to increase the rate of fire of a semiautomatic firearm when the device is attached to the firearm; (2) any part of a semiautomatic firearm or combination of parts that is designed to and functions to increase the rate of fire of a semiautomatic firearm by eliminating the need for the operator of the firearm to make a separate movement for each individual function of the trigger; or (3) any other device, part, or combination of parts that is designed to and functions to substantially increase the rate of fire of a semiautomatic firearm above the standard rate of fire for semiautomatic firearms that is not equipped with that device, part, or combination of parts. This offense is a Class 2 felony. Provides for exemptions.

Status:
2/15/2019: First Reading. Referred to Rules Committee

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HB3410: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the 72 hour waiting period before delivery of a concealable firearm after application for its purchase has been made does not apply to a person who has been issued a valid license to carry a concealed handgun under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Effective immediately.

Status:
2/15/2019: First Reading. Referred to Rules Committee

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HB3448: Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Lowers the minimum age in which a person may apply for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card without parental or legal guardian consent from 21 years of age to 18 years of age. Provides that an applicant who is 18 (rather than 21) years of age or older seeking a religious exemption to the photograph requirement must furnish with the application an approved copy of United States Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Form 4029.

Status:
2/15/2019: First Reading. Referred to Rules Committee

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HB3465: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person who has been issued a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card may transport in a vehicle an accessible rifle, shotgun, or other long gun without the weapon being broken down in a non-functioning state or without the weapon being enclosed in a case, firearm carrying box, shipping box, or other container if the firearm is unloaded.

Status:
2/15/2019: First Reading. Referred to Rules Committee

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HB3529: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Prohibits the transfer of .50 caliber ammunition and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (30 rounds or more). Provides that on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the person may transfer .50 caliber ammunition or a large capacity ammunition feeding device only to an heir, an individual residing in another state maintaining it in another state, or a dealer licensed as a federal firearms dealer under the federal Gun Control Act of 1968. Provides exemptions. Provides that a person who knowingly transfers or causes to be transferred .50 caliber ammunition or a large capacity ammunition feeding devices commits a Class 3 felony for a first violation and a Class 2 felony for a second or subsequent violation or for the transfer of 2 or more of these caliber bullets or devices at the same time. Defines various terms. Effective immediately.

Status:
2/15/2019: First Reading. Referred to Rules Committee

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HB3546: Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that Department of State Police and certified firearms instructors shall recognize all 16 hours of an applicant's firearm training as completed if the applicant is an active member of the United States Armed Forces. Makes a corresponding change.

Status:
2/15/2019: First Reading. Referred to Rules Committee

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HB3553: Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a county or municipality may not pass an ordinance or resolution restricting enforcement of any State law or regulation concerning the ownership or use of firearms unless permitted to do so under the express provisions of the law or regulation. Defines "firearm". Limits home rule powers.
Status:
2/15/2019: First Reading. Referred to Rules Committee

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SB1713: Amends the Firearms Restraining Order Act. Provides that a State's Attorney or assistant State's Attorney (rather than a petitioner) may request an emergency firearms restraining order by filing an affidavit or verified pleading alleging that the respondent poses an immediate and present danger of causing personal injury to himself, herself, or another by having in his or her custody or control, purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm. Provides that if the court issues an emergency firearms restraining order, it shall, based upon written application filed by the State's Attorney or assistant State's Attorney supported by evidence submitted under oath or affirmation, upon a finding of probable cause that the respondent possesses firearms, issue a search warrant directing a law enforcement agency to seize the respondent's firearms. Provides that an emergency firearms restraining order and a 6-month firearms restraining order shall require the firearm or firearms and Firearm Owner's Identification Card and concealed carry license, if unexpired, to be returned to the respondent if the firearms restraining order is not granted within 7 days. Effective immediately.

Status:
2/15/2019: First reading. Referred to Assignments

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KANSAS- new

SB183: Creating the extreme risk protective order act.

Status:
Feb 15, 2019: Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Feb 14, 2019: Introduced

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KENTUCKY- new, updates

HB462 [new]: AN ACT relating to firearms possession by domestic abusers. Amend KRS 527.010 to define "domestic abuse offense," "domestic violence protective order," and "physical force"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to create the crimes of possession of a firearm by a convicted domestic abuser and possession of a firearm by the subject of a domestic violence protective order; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to require the surrender of firearms by people subject to protective orders or convicted of specified crimes; amend KRS 403.740 and 456.060 to require courts to inform the subject of a domestic violence order or an interpersonal protective order of the firearm possession prohibition.

Status:
02/21/19: to Judiciary
02/20/19: introduced in House

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HB463 [new]: AN ACT relating to firearms. Amend KRS 527.010 to define "assault weapon"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to prohibit the possession of an assault weapon by a person under 21 years of age unless the person is a member of the Armed Forces of the United States or a law enforcement officer; prohibit sale or transfer of an assault weapon to a person under 21 years of age; create penalties.

Status:
02/21/19: to Judiciary
02/20/19: introduced in House

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SB242 [new]: AN ACT relating to physical education curriculum. Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to permit a school-based decision making council or principal of a public middle or high school to adopt a physical education curriculum that includes a program of hunting, fishing, trapping, and firearm safety instruction; require the Board of Education to consult with the Department of Fish and Wildlife to promulgate standards for such a program; require the Department of Education to develop guidelines for such a program; require parents to be given notice and opportunity to opt a student out of such a program.

Status:
02/19/19:  to Education
02/15/19: introduced in Senate

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HB327/SB150 [update]: AN ACT relating to carrying concealed weapons.

Status:
Assembly:
02/15/19: Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection- posted in committee
Senate:
02/19/19: House- to Judiciary
02/15/19: House- Received in House
02/14/19:  Senate- Reported favorably, to Rules. Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 14, 2019. Third reading, passed. Vote: 29-8

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MARYLAND- update

HB523: Public Schools - Use of Lead Ammunition in School Programs – Prohibition

Status:
2/18/2019: Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means; Withdrawn

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MINNESOTA- new, updates

SF1504 [new]: Right to carry a firearm without a permit authorization; optional carry permit establishment

Status:
02/21/2019: Introduction and first reading. Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy

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HF1334/SF1115 [update]: Firearms; right of people to keep and bear arms constitutional amendment proposed.

Status:
Assembly: [update- companion bill]
02/18/2019: Introduction and first reading, referred to Government Operations

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HF1519/SF1262 [update]: Firearms; use of force in defense of home and person law clarified, self-defense and defense of home laws codified and extended, common law duty to retreat in self-defense outside home eliminated, self-defense dwelling boundaries expanded, presumption created in case of person entering dwelling or vehicle by stealth or force, and rights extended to defending against entry of occupied vehicle.

Status:
Assembly:
02/21/2019: Introduction and first reading, referred to Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Finance and Policy Division

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MISSOURI- new, updates

HB995 [new]: Establishes the offense of unlawfully storing a firearm in the presence of a child

Status:
2/20/2019: Read Second Time
2/19/2019: Introduced and Read First Time

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SB39: Allows the concealed carry of firearms on public transportation systems and the transporting of nonfunctioning or unloaded firearms on public buses

Status:
2/25/2019: Informal Calendar S Bills for Perfection

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MONTANA- updates

HB145: Generally revise gun laws

Status:
02/20/2019: Returned to House
02/20/2019: Senate- Scheduled for third reading. Third reading concurred.  Vote: 49-0
02/19/2019: Senate- Scheduled for second reading. Second reading concurred. Vote: 49-1
02/15/2019: Senate- Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred. Vote: 10-0

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HB325: Generally revise firearm laws

Status:
02/21/2019: Third reading- passed. Vote: 57-42. Transmitted to Senate
02/20/2019: Second reading- passed. Vote: 58-41
02/15/2019: Judiciary Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended. Vote: 11-8

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HB357: Revise concealed carry laws

Status:
02/21/2019: Third reading- passed. Vote: 56-43. Transmitted to Senate
02/20/2019: Second reading- passed. Vote: 56-43
02/15/2019: Judiciary Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended. Vote: 11-8

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HB480: Revise gun laws to provide for safe gun storage

Status:
03/12/2019: Judiciary Committee hearing. 8am, Room 137

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HB577: stablish protections for gun possession and purchase in Medical Marijuana Act

Status:
02/21/2019: Judiciary Committee hearing scheduled

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SB303: Revise laws related to national instant criminal background check system

Status:
02/20/2019: introduced

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NEBRASKA- law, update

SB143: Repeals, revises and reenacts provisions relating to background checks for certain sales or transfers of firearms. (BDR 15-755)

Status:
Feb 15, 2019: Read third time. Passed. Title approved. Vote: 28-13. To Senate. In Senate. To enrollment. Enrolled and delivered to Governor. Approved by the Governor. Chapter 2.
Feb 14, 2019: From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.

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HB1308: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 8 of section 62.10101 relating to the definition of machine gun, submachine gun, or fully automatic rifle.

Status:
02/19: Senate- Received from House. Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee
02/18: House- Second reading, passed. Vote: 80-12

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NEVADA- new

AB202: AN ACT relating to firearms; authorizing a person to possess a handgun in a motor vehicle that is on the property of a community college under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Status:
Feb 19, 2019: From printer. To committee.
Feb 18, 2019: Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.

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AB217: AN ACT relating to firearms; requiring a sheriff to give priority in processing an application for a permit to carry a concealed firearm to an applicant who has a temporary order for protection; revising the deadline for submission of certain records to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for inclusion in all appropriate databases of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Status:
Feb 19, 2019: From printer. To committee.
Feb 18, 2019: Read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. To printer.

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NEW MEXICO- update

SB8: Firearm sale background check

Status:
02/15/2019: Sent to House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee - Referrals: House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee / Judiciary Committee

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NEW YORK- new

A5822: Increases the types of firearms that are to be included in the firearm ballistic identification databank.

Status:
02/19/2019: Introduced. Referred to Codes Committee

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S3930: Relates to firearms; authorizes the transfer of certain weapons from an estate to an immediate member of the decedent's family; relates to reports of substantial risk or threat of harm by mental health professionals; and repeals certain provisions of law relating thereto.

Status:
02/21/2019: Introduced. Referred to Codes Committee

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S3931: Provides that restrictions regarding the carrying of concealed weapons and licenses therefor shall be by statute only.

Status:
02/21/2019: Introduced. Referred to Codes Committee

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NORTH DAKOTA- hearing, updates

HEARING
02/28: House Energy and Natural Resources
Coteau A Room
Agenda: [firearm related bill listed ONLY]
01:30 PM:  SB 2034- relating to the possession of firearms; and to provide a penalty
01:45 PM: SB 2172- relating to possession of a firearm or dangerous weapon in a liquor establishment; at a public gathering and to provide a penalty
02:30 PM: SB 2140- relating to producing a concealed weapon license upon request
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HB1160: A BILL for an Act to create and enact section 62.10202.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the sale of firearms; and to provide a penalty.

Status:
02/19: Second reading, failed to pass. Vote: 0-92
02/15: Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar. Vote: 14-0

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HB1206: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new subdivision to subsection 1 of section 541214 and section 62.10403.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a class 1 exempt firearm license; and to amend and reenact section 62.10205 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to possession of a concealed firearm or dangerous weapon at a public gathering

Status:
02/20: Senate- Received from House. Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee
02/19: House- Second reading, passed. Vote: 84-9
02/18: House- Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
02/15: House- Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar. Vote: 14-0

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HB1332: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 62.102 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the carrying of a concealed firearm on school property by qualified individuals; and to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 62.10205 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to an exception to the prohibition against possessing a firearm at a public gathering.

Status:
02/20: Senate- Received from House. Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee
02/19: House- Second reading, passed. Vote: 77-15
02/18: House- Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
02/15: House- Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar. Vote: 10-4

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HB1381: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 62.101 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a restriction on firearm buyback programs; and to provide a penalty.

Status:
02/20: Senate- Received from House. Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee
02/19: House- Second reading, passed. Vote: 66-26
02/15: Political Subdivisions Committee- Reported back, do pass, place on calendar. Vote: 9- 4

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HB1537: A BILL for an Act to create and enact chapter 12.131.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the seizure of a firearm by a law enforcement officer and the issuance of a public safety protection order; and to provide a penalty.

Status:
02/19: Second reading, failed to pass. Vote: 17-76
02/15: Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
02/14: Reported back amended, do not pass, placed on calendar. Vote: 11-2

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OHIO- new, updates

SB53 [new]: Clarify certain firearms not dangerous ordnance. To amend section 2923.11 of the Revised Code to clarify that certain firearms are not "dangerous ordnance" and to declare an emergency.

Status:
2/20/19: Refer to Government Oversight and Reform Committee
2/19/19: Introduced

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SB19 [updates]: Obtain order restricting access to firearms if pose danger. To amend sections 109.57, 2923.125, 2923.128, and 2923.13 and to enact sections 2923.26, 2923.27, 2923.28, 2923.29, 2923.30, and 2923.99 of the Revised Code to enact the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act to allow family members, household members, and law enforcement officers to obtain a court order that temporarily restricts a person's access to firearms if that person poses a danger to themselves or others.

Status:
2/19/19: Refer to Government Oversight and Reform Committee

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SB43 [update]: Revise penalty/firearm limit for domestic violence; strangulation. To amend sections 2903.13, 2919.25, 2919.26, 2923.13, 2923.14, 2929.13, 2929.14, and 3113.31 and to enact sections 2923.133, 2923.134, and 2935.082 of the Revised Code to address domestic violence by means of firearms restrictions, penalty enhancements, and a prohibition against strangulation, and to make an appropriation.

Status:
2/20/19: Refer to Government Oversight and Reform Committee

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OKLAHOMA- updates

HB2010: Firearms; clarifying preemption provision and certain mandate; effective date.

Status:
02/20/2019: Withdrawn from Judiciary Committee. Referred to Rules

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HB2336: Firearms; authorizing handgun licensees to carry on school property under certain circumstances; effective date.

Status:
02/20/2019: CR; Do Pass Judiciary Committee. Vote: 14-2

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HB2597: Firearms; adding exception to certain prohibited act; adding condition that allows for firearms to be lawfully carried; effective date.

Status:
02/20/2019: Senate- Reported Do Pass Appropriations committee; CR filed. 18-4
02/18/2019: Senate- Second Reading referred to Appropriations

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OREGON- new

SB801:   Relating to firearm safety instruction at public schools; declaring an emergency. Authorizes public schools to provide firearm safety and accident prevention class to all students in first grade. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Status:
2-19: Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. 

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PENNSYLVANIA- new

HB525: An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in minors, providing for the offense of access to firearms by minors; and imposing penalties.

Status:
Feb. 19, 2019: Referred to Judiciary

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HB532: An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous articles, providing for safe storage of a firearm when residing with a person not to possess a firearm.

Status:
Feb. 19, 2019: Referred to Judiciary

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SOUTH CAROLINA- new

HB3999: South Carolina Constitutional Carry Act of 2019

Status:
02/19/19: Introduced and read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary

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H4023: A bill to amend Section16-23-420, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 176, relating to the possession of a firearm on a post-secondary institution’s property so as to delete the restrictions placed on a holder of a concealed weapon permit on carrying a firearm on post-secondary school property, and to make technical changes; and to amend Section 23-31-215, as amended, relating to the issuance of concealed weapons permits so as to delete the restriction placed on the carrying of  weapon into a college athletic event, and to delete an obsolete code reference, and to make technical changes.

Status:
02/19/19: Introduced and read first time. Referred to Committee on Judiciary

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SOUTH DAKOTA- updates

HB1056: prohibit certain local ordinances regarding firearms.

Status:
02/21/2019: Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed. Vote: 31-3.
02/20/2019: Scheduled for hearing. State Affairs Do Pass, Passed. Vote: 8- 1.

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HB1173: permit the possession of firearms by certain employees.

Status:
02/20/2019: Scheduled for hearing. State Affairs Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1173ba. 02/20/2019      State Affairs Do Pass Amended, Passed. Vote: 7-4


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SB9: provide for the Firearms Protection Act.

Status:
02/21/2019: Military and Veterans Affairs Title amended, Passed Amendment 9wta
02/21/2019: Military and Veterans Affairs Do Pass Amended, Passed. Vote: 4-0.
02/21/2019: Scheduled for hearing. Military and Veterans Affairs Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 9wa
01/15/2019: Referred to Senate Military and Veterans Affairs, Passed. Vote: 6-1.


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SB38: provide for the carrying of a concealed pistol without a permit.

Status:
02/20/2019: Withdrawn at the Request of the Prime Sponsor

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SB122: restrict the enactment of policies governing the possession of firearms at public institutions of higher education.

Status:
02/19/2019: Senate Do Pass, Failed. Vote: 10-24.

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TENNESSEE- updates

HB187/SB446: Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, enacts the "Second Amendment Civil Rights Act of 2019"; confers private rights of action upon a person to challenge government regulation of gun or sport shooting ranges

Status:
Assembly:
02/20/2019: Placed on s/c cal Constitutional Protections & Sentencing Subcommittee for 2/27/2019
Senate:
02/20/2019: Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/26/2019

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HB545/SB1401: Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, increases from 21 to 30 the number of calendar days within which a person granted an order of protection may apply for a temporary handgun carry permit from the department of safety after an order of protection has been granted

Status:
Assembly:
02/19/2019: Referred to Judiciary. Assigned to s/c Constitutional Protections & Sentencing Subcommittee

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HB1264/SB705: Handgun Permits - As introduced, creates a concealed handgun carry permit, which allows a person to carry a concealed handgun; redesignates the existing handgun carry permit as an enhanced handgun carry permit

Status:
Assembly:
02/20/2019: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary. Placed on cal. Judiciary for 2/27/2019

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TEXAS- hearing, new, updates

HEARING
February 27, 2019: Homeland Security & Public Safety, 8:00 AM, E2.016
Agenda: [firearm related bills listed ONLY]
HB 238: Relating to the enforcement of certain federal laws regulating firearms, firearm accessories, and firearm ammunition within the State of Texas.
HB 302: Relating to the carrying, storage, or possession of a firearm or firearm ammunition by certain persons on certain residential or commercial property.
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HB1959 [new]: Relating to the transportation or storage of a firearm or ammunition by a handgun license holder in a private school parking area.

Status:
02/19/2019: Filed

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HB227 [update]: Relating to exempting the intrastate manufacture of a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition from federal regulation.

Status:
02/19/2019: Read first time. Referred to International Relations and Economic Development

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HB238: Relating to the enforcement of certain federal laws regulating firearms, firearm accessories, and firearm ammunition within the State of Texas.

Status:
02/19/2019: Read first time. Referred to Homeland Security and Public Safety

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HB302/SB472:    Relating to the carrying, storage, or possession of a firearm or firearm ammunition by certain persons on certain residential or commercial property.

Status:
Assembly:
02/19/2019: Read first time. Referred to Homeland Security and Public Safety

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HB349 [update]: Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of certain parts designed to increase the rate of fire of a semiautomatic rifle.

Status:
02/19/2019: Read first time. Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

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HB357 [update]: Relating to the carrying of a firearm by a person who is not otherwise prohibited from possessing the firearm and to criminal offenses otherwise related to the carrying of a firearm; creating criminal offenses.

Status:
02/19/2019: Read first time. Referred to Homeland Security and Public Safety

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HB544 [update]: Relating to the unlawful possession of a firearm by persons who are subject to certain judicial determinations; creating a criminal offense.

Status:
02/20/2019: Read first time. Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

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UTAH- updates

HB87: Safe Storage of Firearms Amendments

Status:
2/20/2019: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee – tabled. Vote: 7-3
2/20/2019: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1. Vote: 10-0

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HB94: Weapons Restrictions Amendments

Status:
2/21/2019: House/ third reading. Circled. Voice vote

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HB152: Voluntary Commitment of a Firearm Amendments

Status:
2/20/2019: House/ second reading
2/20/2019: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee- Favorable Recommendation. Vote: 10-0
2/20/2019: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee- Amendment Recommendation # 2. Vote: 10-0

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HB190: Liability of Firearm Custodian

Status:
2/20/2019: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee – held. Vote: 11-0
2/20/2019: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee - Substitute Recommendation from # 0 to # 1. Vote: 11-0

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HB217: Open Carry Near Schools Amendments

Status:
2/21/2019: House/to Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee

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HB331: Prohibition on Firearm Modification Devices

Status:
2/21/2019: House/ to Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee

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HB325: Domestic Violence -- Weapons Amendments

Status:
2/21/2019: House/ to Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee

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VIRGINIA- updates

HB1656: School security officers; employment by private or religious schools, carrying a firearm.

Status:
02/15/19: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 15, 2019. Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2019
02/14/19: Signed by President

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SB1012: Firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, etc.; carrying a concealed weapon.

Status:
02/19/19: House- Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to. Rereferred to Militia, Police and Public Safety
02/18/19: House- Read second time
02/15/19: House- Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety (11-Y 10-N)

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SB1179: Concealed handgun permit; application for a resident permit by a member of U.S. Armed Forces.

Status:
02/18/19: House- Read second time. Passed House. Vote: 95-3
02/15/19: House- Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety. Vote: 18-1

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WASHINGTON- new, updates

HB2103 [new]: Simplifying firearms regulations.

Status:
Feb 20: First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary

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SB5954 [new]: Concerning the bump-fire stock buy-back program.

Status:
Feb 20: Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM
Feb 18: First reading, referred to Ways & Means.

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HB1464/SB5508 [update]: Clarifying background check requirements for an application for a concealed pistol license.

Status:
Senate:
Feb 21: Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice. LAW - Majority; do pass

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HB1465 [update]: Concerning requirements for pistol sales or transfers.

Status:
Feb 20: Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary. CRJ - Majority; do pass. Minority; do not pass. Minority; without recommendation
Feb 15: Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary

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HB1530/SB5434 [update]: Restricting possession of weapons in certain locations.

Status:
Senate:
Feb 21: Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice. LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. Minority; do not pass

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HB1739 [update]: Concerning firearms that are undetectable or untraceable.

Status:
Feb 15: Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

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HB1786 [update]: Improving procedures and strengthening laws relating to protection orders, no-contact orders, and restraining orders.

Status:
Feb 20: Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary
Feb 15: Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary

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HB1934 [update]: Renewing a concealed pistol license by members of the armed forces.

Status:
Feb 22: Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
Feb 19: Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary

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HB1949 [update]: Conducting a feasibility study to examine and make recommendations regarding the establishment of a single point of contact firearm background check system.

Status:
Feb 22: Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
Feb 19: Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary

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SB5745 [update]: Concerning extreme risk protection orders.

Status:
Feb 21: Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice. LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. Minority; do not pass
Feb 19: Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice

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SB5954 [update]: Concerning the bump-fire stock buy-back program.

Status:
Feb 21: Scheduled for executive session in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means
Feb 20: Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means

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WEST VIRGINIA- update

HB2519: The Campus Self Defense Act

Status:
02/21/19: On first reading, Special Calendar. To House Finance Committee
02/20/19: second reference rejected. Vote: 51-47
02/20/19: With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance

Committee amendments:

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FEDERAL – update: Bill texts added to bill

HR1112: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to strengthen the background check procedures to be followed before a Federal firearms licensee may transfer a firearm to a person who is not such a licensee.

Status:
02/08/2019: Introduced. Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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