Firearm locking device required for sale or transfer of handguns; child safety warning required; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer any handgun to any person, other than a licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer, unless the transferee is provided with a locking device for such handgun and the handgun is accompanied by a warning, in conspicuous and legible type in capital letters printed on a label affixed to the gun and on a separate sheet of paper included within the packaging enclosing the handgun, that handguns 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 was incorporated into HB 158.
Total votes
6,837
all sessions
Attendance
99%
82 missed
Lower than 94% of chamber peers
With party
99%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
444
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
3
assignments
444 bills and resolutions
Sponsored bills
Total
444
Primary
100
Co-sponsor
344
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Handguns; firearm locking device required for sale or transfer, child safety warning required.
In committee Jan 26, 2024
1 co-sponsor
Commending Sandra Gioia Treadway.
Commending Sandra Gioia Treadway.
Passed Jan 25, 2024
1 co-sponsor
Commending the Honorable Grace Burke Carroll.
Commending the Honorable Grace Burke Carroll.
Passed Jan 22, 2024
1 co-sponsor
Commending the Honorable Gayl Y. Branum Carr.
Commending the Honorable Gayl Y. Branum Carr.
Passed Jan 22, 2024
1 co-sponsor
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