DATE CREATED: October 13, 2023
LAST ACTION DATE: 03/08/2024
LAST AMENDMENT DATE: 10/11/2023
PROGRESS: Dead
BILL ID: S0176
CATEGORIES:
REGION: FL
An act relating to the sale, transfer, and storage of firearms; amending s. 784.05, F.S.; revising the standard by which adults and minors are considered criminally negligent in the storage of a firearm under specified circumstances; providing criminal penalties; revising the definition of the term “minor”; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 790.115, F.S.; revising an exception to the prohibition on storing or leaving a loaded firearm within the reach or easy access of a minor who obtains it and commits a specified violation; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; amending s. 790.174, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “minor”; revising requirements for the safe storage of loaded firearms; providing criminal penalties if a person is found to have failed to properly secure or store a firearm, resulting in a minor gaining access to the weapon; amending s. 790.175, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; requiring the seller or transferor of a firearm to provide each purchaser or transferee with specified information; providing an exception; authorizing a firearm dealer to charge a certain fee; providing immunity for certain providers of information; providing criminal penalties; making technical changes; amending s. 921.0022, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference and a provision to changes made by the act; reenacting s. 409.175(5)(g), F.S., relating to rules of the Department of Children and Families requiring the adoption of a form used by child-placing agencies, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 790.174, F.S., in a reference thereto; providing an effective date.
SESSION: 2024 Regular Session
VERSIONS: 1
LAST ACTION: Died in Criminal Justice
ACTIONS: 4
SPONSORS: Tina Polsky (D)*
KEYWORDS: Comparable Nonprofit Organization, Considered Criminally Negligent, Marine Turtle Eggs, Prospective Adoptive Applicants, Redeliver Hired Vehicle, Child Specific License, Criminal Punishment Code, Residential Child-Caring Agencies, Uttering Forged Instrument, Close Proximity Thereto