BillTrack50 logo
Free Signup Login
Bill

Bill > HB45

KY HB45

KY HB45
AN ACT relating to firearms and declaring an emergency.

summary

Introduced
01/07/2020
In Committee
01/07/2020
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
04/15/2020

Introduced Session

2020 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to specify definitions for "assault weapons," "large-capacity ammunition-feeding devices," and "ammunition sellers"; require background checks for private firearms sales; require reporting to law enforcement of firearm and ammunition thefts and losses; require the safe storage of firearms; amend KRS 395.250 to require an estate's inventory to list each firearm; amend KRS 403.735 to require judges, when issuing an order of protection, to consider whether a person against whom the order is entered should be prohibited from possessing an firearm; amend KRS 504.030 to require judges in criminal cases where a person is found not guilty by reason of insanity to demand the surrender of the defendant's firearms; amend KRS 237.104 to conform; amend KRS 506.080 to specify that the offense of facilitation includes assistance in providing firearms; amend KRS 508.020 to include physical injury to a minor by virtue of the intentional discharge of a firearm within the offense of assault in the second degree; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to create the offense of criminal purchase or disposal of a weapon; amend KRS 527.040 to require that the sentence for a felon in possession of a firearm be served subsequent to any other felony sentence; amend KRS 527.070 to include postsecondary education facilities within the existing ban on firearms in schools; amend KRS 532.030 to require the judge pronouncing a defendant guilty but mentally ill to demand the surrender of the person's firearms; create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to require the State Police to promulgate administrative regulations relating to the licensing of persons to possess handguns and assault weapons, the registration of handguns and assault weapons, and the logging of firearms and ammunition sales effective January 1, 2021; amend KRS 532.025 to conform; amend KRS 237.115 to conform; repeal KRS 65.870; EMERGENCY; some provisions EFFECTIVE January 1, 2021.

AI Summary

This bill: Creates new definitions for "assault weapons," "large-capacity ammunition-feeding devices," and "ammunition sellers" in Kentucky. Requires background checks for private firearms sales, and reporting of firearm and ammunition thefts and losses. Mandates the safe storage of firearms. Requires estate inventories to list firearms, and judges to consider firearms possession when issuing protective orders or finding someone not guilty by reason of insanity. Expands the offense of facilitation to include providing firearms, and the offense of assault in the second degree to include wantonly causing injury to a minor by discharging a firearm. Creates the offense of criminal purchase or disposal of a weapon. Requires sentences for felons in possession of a firearm to be served consecutively. Expands the existing ban on firearms in schools to cover postsecondary education facilities. Requires judges to demand the surrender of firearms when finding someone guilty but mentally ill. Directs the State Police to promulgate regulations for the licensing and registration of handguns, assault weapons, and large-capacity ammunition-feeding devices, as well as a sales log-keeping requirement for firearms and ammunition dealers. This bill also declares an emergency, with most provisions taking effect immediately, except for the regulatory provisions which take effect January 1, 2021.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (6)

Last Action

to Judiciary (H) (on 01/07/2020)

bill text

bill summary

Loading...

bill summary

Loading...
Loading...