DATE CREATED: October 27, 2023
LAST ACTION DATE: 03/08/2024
LAST AMENDMENT DATE: 10/27/2023
PROGRESS: Dead
BILL ID: H0291
CATEGORIES: Justice
REGION: FL
An act relating to weapons and firearms; providing a short title; creating s. 790.0653, F.S.; providing definitions; requiring a background check on every sale or other transfer of a firearm; requiring background checks on all persons involved in firearm sales or other transfers; requiring firearm sales or other transfers to be conducted through, and processed by, a licensed dealer; authorizing a fee; providing exceptions; providing criminal penalties; requiring the investing law enforcement agency to report certain violations to the Attorney General; providing applicability; amending s. 790.174, F.S.; revising requirements for the safe storage of firearms; providing and revising definitions; revising criminal penalties for violations; providing exceptions; amending s. 790.175, F.S.; requiring firearms to be sold by dealers with trigger locks or gun cases; providing exceptions; revising warnings to be posted in gun dealerships; requiring certain materials to be given to gun purchasers; requiring a purchaser to sign a specified statement; providing record retention requirements for dealers; providing construction; providing criminal penalties; creating s. 790.223, F.S.; providing definitions; prohibiting specified acts involving unfinished firearm frames or receivers; providing criminal penalties; providing applicability; prohibiting certain actions leading to the assembly of a firearm; prohibiting certain activities involving a three-dimensional printer or computer numerical control milling machine that has the primary or intended function of manufacturing or assembling firearms or related items; providing exceptions; providing construction; providing an effective date.
SESSION: 2024 Regular Session
VERSIONS: 1
LAST ACTION: Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
ACTIONS: 7
SPONSORS: Kristen Arrington (D) , Robin Bartleman (D) , Hillary Cassel (D) , Anna Eskamani (D) , Rita Harris (D) , Joy López (D) , Kelly Skidmore (D) , Katherine Waldron (D) , Christine Hunschofsky (D)* , LaVon Bracy Davis (D) , Lindsay Cross (D) , Fentrice Driskell (D) , Ashley Gantt (D) , Mike Gottlieb (D) , Dotie Joseph (D) , Tom Keen (D) , Angie Nixon (D) , Felicia Robinson (D) , Susan Valdés (D) , Patricia Williams (D)
KEYWORDS: Administrative Costs Incurred, Close Proximity Thereto, Metal Detector Calibrated, Ray Machines Commonly, Voluntary Buyback Program, Imprint Serial Numbers, Common Controlling Interest, Great Bodily Harm, Applicable Waiting Period, Federally Licensed Gunsmith