34 total bills, 8 anti-gun bills,
12 pro-gun bills for this session
Proposed Connecticut Firearm Legislation
34 total bills, 8 anti-gun bills,
12 pro-gun bills for this session
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note: Connecticut does not carry over legislation from session to session
Title: An Act Authorizing The Carrying Of A Handgun For Self-defense In State Parks And Forests.
Description: To allow persons to carry handguns in state parks and state forests for the purpose of self-defense.
Last Action: Referred to Joint Committee on Environment
Last Action Date: January 9, 2015
Title: An Act Repealing Certain Gun Control Legislation.
Description: To repeal gun control legislation enacted in 2013.
Last Action: Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary
Last Action Date: January 9, 2015
Title: An Act Concerning The Defense Of A Person's Home, Motor Vehicle Or Business.
Description: To establish a rebuttable presumption in a self-defense claim that, when a person believes it necessary to use deadly force to repel an intruder, such belief is a reasonable belief.
Last Action: Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary
Last Action Date: January 9, 2015
Title: An Act Concerning Firearms During A Civil Preparedness Emergency.
Description: To prohibit the Governor or any municipality from restricting lawful possession of a firearm or ammunition during a civil preparedness emergency.
Last Action: Referred to Joint Committee on Public Safety and Security
Last Action Date: January 9, 2015
Title: An Act Concerning Firearm Permit And Certificate Reciprocity.
Description: To secure firearm permit or certificate reciprocity between Connecticut and other states that have substantially similar standards for carrying a concealed firearm.
Last Action: Referred to Joint Committee on Public Safety and Security
Last Action Date: January 9, 2015
Title: An Act Establishing A Tax Credit Under The Personal Income Tax For The Purchase Of Gun Safes.
Description: To establish a nonrefundable personal income tax credit of up to one hundred fifty dollars for the purchase of gun safes for personal use.
Last Action: Referred to Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding
Last Action Date: January 13, 2015
Title: An Act Removing Voluntary Admission To A Hospital For Psychiatric Disabilities As A Reason To Deny A Firearm Permit Or Certificate.
Description: To encourage a person to voluntarily admit himself or herself to a hospital for psychiatric disabilities by not disqualifying such person from receiving a firearm permit or certificate based solely on such voluntary admission.
Last Action: Referred to Joint Committee on Public Safety and Security
Last Action Date: January 14, 2015
Title: An Act Establishing An Online Renewal Process For Firearm Permits And Certificates.
Description: To establish an online renewal process for firearm permits and ammunition certificates.
Last Action: Referred to Joint Committee on Public Safety and Security
Last Action Date: January 16, 2015
Title: An Act Waiving Firearm Training Course Requirements For Certain Veterans.
Description: To allow for waiver of certain gun safety courses for veterans.
Last Action: Referred to Joint Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Last Action Date: January 20, 2015
Title: An Act Prohibiting The Use Of Firearms To Shoot Or Kill A Domestic Animal On Private Property Absent The Need For Self Defense.
Description: To prohibit the use of firearms on private property to kill domestic animals.
Last Action: Referred to Joint Committee on Environment
Last Action Date: January 21, 2015
Title: An Act Concerning Access To The State-wide Database By Parole Officers.
Description: To grant parole officers access to the state-wide firearms database.
Last Action: Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary
Last Action Date: January 22, 2015
Title: An Act Concerning The Sale Or Delivery Of Body Armor To Firefighters And Emergency Medical Service Providers.
Description: To allow firefighters and persons who provide emergency medical services to more easily obtain body armor for use in dangerous work environments.
Last Action: Referred to Joint Committee on Public Safety and Security
Last Action Date: January 22, 2015
Title: An Act Creating A Database Of Individuals Who Are Prohibited From Purchasing Or Possessing A Firearm Due To Psychiatric Or Psychological Disorder.
Description: To protect the public by creating a system that identifies individuals who should not be permitted to possess or purchase firearms due to psychiatric or psychological disorder.
Last Action: Referred to Joint Committee on Public Safety and Security
Last Action Date: January 22, 2015
Title: An Act Requiring The Safe Storage Of Firearms.
Description: To require the safe storage of firearms.
Last Action: Referred to Joint Committee on Public Safety and Security
Last Action Date: January 22, 2015
Title: An Act Concerning The Firearm Permit Appeals Process.
Description: To limit the time frame during which firearm permit appeals must be heard by the Board of Firearms Permit Examiners.
Last Action: Referred to Joint Committee on Public Safety and Security
Last Action Date: January 22, 2015
Title: An Act Concerning Reinstatement Of Firearms Permits.
Description: To permit a person whose firearms permit was wrongfully revoked to have such permit reinstated without having to go through an additional administrative appeals process.
Last Action: Referred to Joint Committee on Public Safety and Security
Last Action Date: January 23, 2015
Title: An Act Concerning The Sale Of Firearms And Ammunition To Out-of-state Purchasers.
Description: To allow for the sale of firearms and ammunition to out-of-state purchasers by providing reciprocity of firearm credentials between Connecticut and other states that have substantially similar or higher standards for carrying a firearm and purchasing ammunition.
Last Action: Referred to Joint Committee on Public Safety and Security
Last Action Date: January 23, 2015
Title: An Act Concerning The Registration Of Assault Weapons And Possession Of Large Capacity Magazines By Persons Who Move Into Connecticut.
Description: To allow any person who moves into Connecticut to register an assault weapon or declare possession of a large capacity magazine.
Last Action: Referred to Joint Committee on Public Safety and Security
Last Action Date: January 23, 2015
Title: An Act Requiring The Adoption Of Firearm Regulations By The Department Of Emergency Services And Public Protection.
Description: To require the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection to abide by the regulatory review process to implement gun control policies.
Last Action: Referred to Joint Committee on Public Safety and Security
Last Action Date: January 26, 2015
Title: An Act Concerning The Deadline For Registering An Assault Weapon And Declaring Possession Of A Large Capacity Magazine.
Description: To extend the deadline for registering an assault weapon and declaring possession of a large capacity magazine.
Last Action: Referred to Joint Committee on Public Safety and Security
Last Action Date: January 26, 2015
Title: An Act Protecting Victims Of Domestic Violence.
Description: To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.
Last Action: File Number 753
Last Action Date: April 29, 2015
Title: An Act Concerning Firearm Safety.
Description: To amend provisions concerning the safe storage of firearms and associated liability and penalties to be applicable to the storage of unloaded firearms and to extend liability to any person, rather than just minors or residents ineligible to possess a firearm, and to provide for additional oversight by the court governing the return of firearms or ammunition seized from a person considered to present a risk of imminent physical danger to himself or herself or another.
Last Action: Public Hearing 03/11
Last Action Date: March 6, 2015
Title: An Act Concerning Risk Reduction Credits, Carry Permits And Parole Officer Access To State Firearms Database.
Description: To increase the values upon which the degrees of criminal mischief are based to mirror the values for the same misdemeanor classifications of larceny in the third and fourth degrees, to amend the definition of "peace officer" and to require the Department of Correction to report information concerning the earned risk reduction credit program.
Last Action: Signed by the Governor
Last Action Date: July 6, 2015
Title: An Act Concerning The Department Of Correction, Access To The Firearms Database By Parole Officers, And Presentation Of A Carry Permit.
Description: To make technical changes to the Department of Correction statutes, to permit parole officers access to the firearms database and to require the holder of a pistol carry permit to present such permit upon request of a law enforcement officer.
Last Action: Public Hearing 03/20
Last Action Date: March 16, 2015
Title: An Act Concerning Excessive Use Of Force.
Description: An Act Concerning Excessive Use Of Force.
Last Action: Transmitted to the Secretary of State
Last Action Date: July 20, 2015
Title: An Act Implementing Provisions Of The State Budget For The Biennium Ending June 30, 2017 Concerning General Government Provisions Relating To Criminal Justice.
Description: An Act Implementing Provisions Of The State Budget For The Biennium Ending June 30, 2017 Concerning General Government Provisions Relating To Criminal Justice.
Last Action: Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor
Last Action Date: July 8, 2015
Title: An Act Concerning Court Authority To Temporarily Order That A Person Transfer His Or Her Firearms Upon The Issuance Of A Restraining Order, Civil Protection Order Or Family Violence Protective Order Against Such Person.
Description: To provide a court with the authority to enter an order concerning a respondent's temporary transfer of firearms upon the issuance of a restraining order, civil protection order or family violence protective order against such respondent.
Last Action: Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary
Last Action Date: January 13, 2015
Title: An Act Requiring Firearm Safety Courses To Be Conducted And Attended In Person.
Description: To require that any applicant for a firearm permit receive hands-on practice in the use of firearms.
Last Action: Referred to Joint Committee on Public Safety and Security
Last Action Date: January 14, 2015
Title: An Act Providing Funding For The State-wide Firearms Trafficking Task Force.
Description: To provide funding to the state-wide firearms trafficking task force to reduce the number of illegal guns on the streets.
Last Action: Referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations
Last Action Date: January 15, 2015
Title: An Act Concerning The Requirement For An Ammunition Or Gun Permit For The Purchase Of Shotgun Shells.
Description: To facilitate the purchase of shotgun shells by hunters.
Last Action: Change of Reference, House to Committee on Public Safety and Security
Last Action Date: January 26, 2015
Title: An Act Concerning Definitions Of "deadly Weapon" And "dangerous Instrument".
Description: To clarify the statutes concerning definitions and classifications of weapons.
Last Action: Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary
Last Action Date: January 23, 2015
Title: An Act Prohibiting Local Regulation Of Firearms.
Description: To prevent gun control by municipalities.
Last Action: Referred to Joint Committee on Public Safety and Security
Last Action Date: January 26, 2015
Title: An Act Concerning A Second Chance Society.
Description: To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.
Last Action: Bill Passed Temporarily
Last Action Date: June 3, 2015
Title: An Act Concerning The Training Of Security Personnel.
Description: To increase the minimum training requirements and establish minimum continuing training requirements for unarmed and armed security officers.
Last Action: File Number 342
Last Action Date: March 31, 2015
