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KY HB124

KY HB124
AN ACT relating to firearms and declaring an emergency.

summary

Introduced
01/08/2025
In Committee
02/04/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
03/28/2025

Introduced Session

2025 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to define "assault weapon," "large capacity ammunition feeding device," and "seller of ammunition"; 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; require the Department of Kentucky 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, 2026; amend KRS 237.990 to establish penalties; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to create the offense of criminal purchase or disposal of a weapon; 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 506.080 to add 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; amend KRS 527.040 to require that the sentence for a felon in possession of a firearm be served consecutively 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; amend KRS 65.1591, 237.104, 237.115, and 532.025 to conform; repeal KRS 65.870, relating to the prohibition of local firearm control ordinances; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2026; EMERGENCY.

AI Summary

This bill introduces comprehensive firearms regulations in Kentucky, creating new definitions and requirements for firearms and ammunition. It defines "assault weapons" as specific types of semiautomatic firearms with particular characteristics, and establishes "large capacity ammunition feeding devices" as magazines capable of holding more than seven rounds. The bill mandates background checks for private firearm sales, requires reporting of firearm and ammunition thefts within 24 hours, and introduces safe storage requirements for firearms. The Department of Kentucky State Police will be responsible for creating licensing and registration systems for handguns, assault weapons, and large capacity ammunition feeding devices, effective January 1, 2026. The legislation also amends multiple existing laws to strengthen firearm-related regulations, including adding new penalties for firearm-related offenses, requiring firearms to be listed in estate inventories, mandating firearm surrender in specific legal situations like protective orders or mental health findings, and expanding restrictions on firearm possession in educational facilities. Additionally, the bill repeals previous limitations on local firearms control ordinances and includes an emergency clause making most provisions effective immediately upon passage, with some specific sections taking effect in 2026.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (2)

Last Action

to Judiciary (H) (on 02/04/2025)

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