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| SPONSOR: | Knauer | DATE TYPED: | 02/04/99 | HB | 239 | ||
| SHORT TITLE: | Children & Firearms Safety Act | SB | |||||
| ANALYST: | O'Connell | ||||||
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| FY99 | FY2000 | FY99 | FY2000 | ||
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(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Corrections Department analysis
Administrative Office of the Courts analysis
LFC files
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 239 would create the Children and Firearms Safety Act. The bill requires any person who sells, gives, lends or transfers ownership of a firearm to another person to provide the receiver with a safety lock or locked box containing the firearm, a written form that advises of safe firearm storage procedures and a written form to be signed by the receiver that acknowledged that the provider provided the required materials.
Significant Issues
House Bill 239 also provides that a person who owns, possesses or stores a firearm and who knows or reasonably should know that a child is likely to gain access to the firearm without parental permission must safeguard the firearm. Failure to safeguard a firearm is a misdemeanor. If that failure leads to a child getting possession of a firearm and injuring another person, the offender is guilty of a fourth degree felony. If the failure leads to the death of another person, the offender is guilty of a third degree felony.
ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS
House Bill 239 requires the Department of Public Safety to consult with the Department of Health and adopt rules regarding the design for safety locks and for the forms required by the bill.
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