Proposed Connecticut Firearm Legislation
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Title: An Act Concerning Issuance Of Temporary State Firearm Permits By Tribal Police Departments.
Description: To allow the chief of police of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and of the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut to issue temporary state firearm permits to residents within the jurisdiction of the tribes.
Last Action: File Number 29
Last Action Date: March 16, 2022
Title: An Act Making Revisions To Statutes Relating To Firearms Permits And Firearms Dealers.
Description: To allow the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection to adopt regulations to establish fines for a firearms dealer who fails to install a burglar alarm system on the premises of its establishment.
Last Action: Signed by the Governor
Last Action Date: May 24, 2022
Title: An Act Concerning Temporary State Permits And State Permits To Carry A Pistol Or Revolver For Retired Peace Officers.
Description: To allow peace officers who retire in good standing to obtain a permit to carry a pistol or revolver automatically and without paying any fees.
Last Action: File Number 182
Last Action Date: March 29, 2022
Title: An Act Concerning The Role Of Municipal Chief Executive Officers In Firearm Permitting, Taking Of Fingerprints For Certain Out-of-state Firearm Permit Applicants And Submission Of Photographs Accompanying Firearm Permit Renewals.
Description: To specify that a municipal chief executive officer performs certain functions regarding firearm permits when there is no chief of police, specify that the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection takes the fingerprints of certain out-of-state applicants for a firearm permit and eliminate the requirement that the photograph included with a form to renew a firearm permit be notarized or date stamped.
Last Action: File Number 130
Last Action Date: March 28, 2022
Title: An Act Concerning Possession Of A Firearm On School Grounds By A Police Officer.
Description: To permit a police officer to lawfully carry a firearm on school grounds regardless of whether such officer is engaged in the performance of the officer's duties.
Last Action: Public Hearing 03/14
Last Action Date: March 10, 2022
Title: An Act Declaring Gun Violence A Public Health Crisis And Establishing The Office Of Gun Violence Prevention And Advisory Council On Gun Violence Prevention And Intervention.
Description: To declare gun violence a public health crisis and establish an Office of Gun Violence Prevention and Advisory Council on Gun Violence Prevention and Intervention.
Last Action: No Action
Last Action Date: March 30, 2022
Title: An Act Concerning The Transfer Of Assault Weapons And Large Capacity Magazines.
Description: To allow the legal transfer of an assault weapon possessed under a certificate of possession and large capacity magazines possessed under a declaration of possession between people who already legally possess such weapons or magazines.
Last Action: Public Hearing 03/14
Last Action Date: March 10, 2022
Title: An Act Concerning Bulk Purchases Of Pistols And Revolvers.
Description: To limit the purchases an individual may make of pistols and revolvers over a short period of time.
Last Action: Public Hearing 03/14
Last Action Date: March 10, 2022
Title: An Act Concerning The Use And Availability Of Certain Written Reports In Proceedings Involving Allegations Of Domestic Violence Or Family Violence.
Description: To: (1) Ensure that the prosecuting authority, defendant and the defendant's counsel are provided equal access to written reports prepared by a member of a family violence intervention unit, and (2) require that the person who prepares a family service unit report for use in a restraining order hearing be available to testify and subject to cross examination at such hearing.
Last Action: Public Hearing 03/21
Last Action Date: March 17, 2022
Title: An Act Addressing Gun Violence.
Description: To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.
Last Action: File Number 475
Last Action Date: April 14, 2022
Title: An Act Funding The State-wide Firearms Trafficking Task Force By Reducing Citizens' Election Program Grants.
Description: To provide funding to the state-wide firearms trafficking task force.
Last Action: Referred to Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections
Last Action Date: February 15, 2022