HB158
Firearm locking device; required for sale or transfer of firearm.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Firearm locking device required for sale or transfer of firearm; warning against accessibility to children; penalty.
Makes it a Class 3 misdemeanor for any licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer any firearm to any person other than a licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer unless the transferee is provided with a locking device for that firearm and the firearm ... (More) is accompanied by a warning, in conspicuous and legible type in capital letters printed on a separate sheet of paper included within the packaging enclosing the firearm, that firearms should be locked and kept away from children and that there may be civil and criminal liability for failing to do so. The bill provides exceptions for law-enforcement and governmental agencies. This bill incorporates HB 12. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/02/2024 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101536D
- 01/02/2024 - House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/15/2024 - House: Referred from Courts of Justice
- 01/15/2024 - House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 01/16/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB158)
- 01/16/2024 - House: Assigned PS sub: Firearms
- 01/25/2024 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/25/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N)
- 01/26/2024 - House: Committee substitute printed 24106293D-H1
- 01/26/2024 - House: Incorporates HB12 (Jones)
- 01/26/2024 - House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
- 01/30/2024 - House: Read first time
- 01/31/2024 - House: Read second time
- 01/31/2024 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 24106293D-H1
- 01/31/2024 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB158H1
- 02/01/2024 - House: Read third time and passed House (51-Y 49-N)
- 02/01/2024 - House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 49-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/02/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/02/2024 - Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/12/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB158H1)
- 02/28/2024 - Senate: Continued to 2025 in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
