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Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session

AB 885

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Relating to: possession of firearms by individuals who are habitual criminals. (FE)

Crime and criminals Firearms and dangerous weapons

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

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law prohibits a person from possessing a firearm if he or she has been

convicted of a felony, found not guilty of a felony by reason of mental disease or defect,

or adjudicated delinquent for an act that if committed by an adult in this state would

be a felony. Under this bill, if a person has been convicted of a misdemeanor on three

separate occasions within a five-year period, the person is prohibited from

possessing a firearm until at least five years have passed since the first misdemeanor

conviction. A person who violates the prohibition is guilty of a felony and is subject

to a fine of up to $25,000 or a term of imprisonment of up to ten years, or both.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Barnes (D) , Berceau (D) , Goyke (D) , Johnson (D) , Pasch (D) , Pope (D) , Sargent (D) , Sinicki (D) , Young (D) , Zamarripa (D)

1 cosponsors

Lehman (D)

Full history

  1. Mar 25, 2014 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Goyke, Johnson, Barnes, Sargent, Pasch, Pope, Berceau, Zamarripa, Young and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senator Lehman

  2. Mar 25, 2014 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice

  3. Apr 8, 2014 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  4. Apr 10, 2014 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. May 22, 2014 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received