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Proposed Kentucky Firearm Legislation HB192

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: AN ACT relating to firearms and making an appropriation therefor.

Subject: Crimes and Punishments: Fees: Firearms and Weapons: Police, State: Administrative Regulations and Proceedings: Appropriations: Corrections Impact: Local Mandate

Description: Amend KRS 527.010 to define "assault weapons" and "large-capacity ammunition-feeding devices"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to criminalize possession and transfer of unregistered large-capacity ammunition-feeding devices; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to establish a large-capacity ammunition-feeding device registration program under the Department of Kentucky State Police and to authorize a fee and trust account and make an appropriation; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to criminalize the possession of unregistered assault weapons and to require the owners of registered assault weapons to store the weapons in a manner which renders them inoperable to unauthorized users; create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to establish the assault weapons registration program and a weapons buyback program under the Department of Kentucky State Police and to authorize a fee and trust account and make an appropriation; amend KRS 16.220 and 237.104 to exempt weapons from the buyback program from prohibitions on the destruction of certain weapons.

Session: 2020 Regular Session

Last Action: to Judiciary (H)

Last Action Date: January 9, 2020

Sponsors

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2 sponsors: Jeffery Donohue (D); George Brown (D);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 2% (2 of 100)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Jan 9, 2020 to Judiciary (H)
House Jan 7, 2020 introduced in House
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced not available state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

There have not been any votes on this bill

Link: link to state bill page

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