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Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session

AB 138

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Relating to: sales and transfers of firearms and providing a penalty. (FE)

Criminal identification and investigation Culvert Firearms and dangerous weapons Sales

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law provides that various conditions, including a background check of

a prospective purchaser, must be met before a federally licensed firearms dealer may

transfer a handgun after a sale. This bill generally prohibits a person from selling

or transferring a firearm unless the sale or transfer occurs through a federally

licensed firearms dealer and involves a background check of the prospective

transferee. Under this bill, the following are excepted from that prohibition: a sale

or transfer to a firearms dealer, a sale or transfer for which the waiting period for the

purchase of a handgun under current law does not apply, a transfer that is by gift,

bequest, or inheritance to a family member, or a transfer that is intended to be

temporary and that has a purpose that is not illegal. A person who is convicted of

violating the prohibition is guilty of a misdemeanor and must be fined not less than

$500 nor more than $10,000, may be imprisoned for not more than nine months, and

may not possess a firearm for a period of two years.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Barnes (D) , Berceau (D) , Bernard Schaber (D) , Billings (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Clark (D) , Genrich (D) , Goyke (D) , Hebl (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Hulsey (D) , Johnson (D) , Kahl (D) , Kessler (D) , Kolste (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pasch (D) , Pope (D) , Richards (D) , Riemer (D) , Ringhand (D) , Sargent (D) , Sinicki (D) , Wright (D) , Young (D) , Zamarripa (D) , Zepnick (D)

8 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Hansen (D) , Harris (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Lehman (D) , Miller (D) , Risser (D) , Shilling (D)

Full history

  1. Apr 4, 2013 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Richards, Berceau, Barnes, Goyke, Johnson, Bernard Schaber, Billings, Clark, Genrich, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hulsey, Kahl, Kessler, Kolste, Ohnstad, Pasch, Pope, Riemer, Ringhand, Sargent, Sinicki, C. Taylor, Wright, Young, Zamarripa and Zepnick; cosponsored by Senators Harris, Lehman, Risser, Carpenter, Hansen, Miller, Shilling and L. Taylor

  2. Apr 4, 2013 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice

  3. Apr 19, 2013 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 23, 2013 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Apr 23, 2013 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. May 14, 2013 · Assembly

    LRB correction

  7. Mar 17, 2014 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from committee on Criminal Justice and referred to committee on Corrections pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c)

  8. Apr 8, 2014 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1