Firearms And Weapons

State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to firearms. [HB-79]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 16 to direct the Kentucky State Police to establish the Kentucky Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearms List to prohibit the possession, sale, or transfer of firearms to individuals who voluntarily request to be added the list; prescribe procedures for application for entry and removal from the list; establish penalties; amend KRS 237.110 to exclude persons on the list from eligibility for license to carry a concealed weapon.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown Introduced In House on 01/04/2023

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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapons. [SB-31]
Amend KRS 527.070 to modify the types of school facilities where weapons are prohibited; state that the prohibition of weapons on school grounds only applies when entrances to the school buildings display a sign indicating that unlawfully possessing a weapon in a school is a felony; remove the requirement that signs be prominently displayed indicating possessing a weapon in a school is prohibited; remove the provision that failure to post the signs indicating weapons are prohibited in schools shall not relieve a person of liability; amend KRS 150.172, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Adrienne Southworth To Education (s) on 02/14/2023

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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to local regulatory actions. [HB-34]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 82 to define "city," "project labor agreement," and "public construction project"; permit a city to establish a mandatory preference for awarding public construction project contracts to unions through a negotiated project labor agreement; permit cities to negotiate wages that are higher than the state or federal minimum wage as a condition of the project labor agreement; create a new section in KRS Chapter 337 to define "city," "prevailing wage," "prevailing wage rate," and "public works project"; permit a city (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown Introduced In House on 01/03/2023

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

A RESOLUTION commemorating the one year anniversary of the March 16, 2021, mass shooting in Atlanta, Georgia, and acknowledging the need to address gun violence in our communities. [HR-123]
Commemorate the first anniversary of the March 16, 2021, mass shooting in Atlanta, Georgia, and acknowledge the need to address gun violence.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nima Kulkarni Introduced In House on 03/14/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to carrying concealed weapons. [SB-373]
Repeals KRS 237.109 to require a permit to carry concealed deadly weapons; amend KRS 527.020 and 237.115 to conform.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Berg To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 03/07/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapons. [SB-295]
Amend KRS 527.070 to modify the types of school facilities where weapons are prohibited; state that the prohibition of weapons on school grounds only applies when entrances to the school buildings display a sign indicating that unlawfully possessing a weapon in a school is a felony; remove the requirement that signs be prominently displayed indicating possessing a weapon in a school is prohibited; remove the provision that failure to post the signs indicating weapons are prohibited in schools shall not relieve a person of liability; amend KRS 150.172, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Adrienne Southworth To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 03/03/2022

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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to crisis aversion and rights retention orders. [SB-278]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to state how to interpret the Act; define terms; allow law enforcement officers to petition a court to issue crisis aversion and rights retention orders when a respondent poses a present danger of causing serious physical injury to themselves or others through purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm; establish procedures for the filing, review, hearing, termination, or renewal of the petition and orders; provide court processes and evidentiary standards; allow entry of the orders into law enforcement (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Morgan McGarvey To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 03/02/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to firearms. [HB-689]
Amend KRS 527.010 to define "courthouse"; amend KRS 527.020 to allow licensed attorneys in good standing with the Kentucky Bar Association to carry concealed deadly weapons into a courthouse; require attorneys who intend to carry a concealed deadly weapon into a courthouse to file a notice of intent with the sheriff; require the sheriff to maintain a list of attorneys who file an intent to carry a concealed deadly weapon into a courthouse, and require those attorneys to show their concealed carry license to the bailiff upon entry.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ed Massey Introduced In House on 02/28/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to creation of the Office of Gun Violence Prevention and making an appropriation therefor. [HB-644]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to establish the Office of Gun Violence Prevention; set duties; require annual reporting; appropriate funds; APPROPRIATION.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kelly Flood Introduced In House on 02/28/2022

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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to hunter education. [SB-241]
Amend KRS 150.170 to exempt current and former members of the Armed Forces and certified peace officers from the live-fire component of the hunter education course.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 142) on 04/08/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to firearms. [HB-507]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 16 to direct the Kentucky State Police to establish the Kentucky Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearms List to prohibit the possession, sale, or transfer of firearms to individuals who voluntarily request to be added the list; prescribe procedures for application for entry and removal from the list; establish penalties; amend KRS 237.110 to exclude persons on the list from eligibility for license to carry a concealed weapon.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Lisa Willner Introduced In House on 02/16/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

A RESOLUTION urging the General Assembly to oppose the adoption of a "Red Flag" law, or any legislation intended to infringe upon a law-abiding citizen's right to keep and bear arms as afforded by the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. [HR-74]
Urge the General Assembly to oppose the adoption of a "Red Flag" law or other legislation infringing upon the right to keep and bear arms.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Hart Introduced In House on 02/10/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to gun safety for children. [SB-156]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to make it a crime to unlawfully store a firearm; establish elements of the crime for recklessly allowing access to an unsecured firearm by a minor; establish the crime as a Class A misdemeanor unless a physical injury or death results, in which case it is a Class D felony; short title of Baby Dre Gun Safety Act.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal To Judiciary (s) on 02/11/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to firearms. [SB-143]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to define "antique firearm"; require law enforcement agencies to enter reports into the National Crime Information Center; exempt antique firearms; create civil penalty for failure to make required report; authorize county attorneys to bring civil action for violations.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Morgan McGarvey To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 02/07/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to local firearms control and declaring an emergency. [HB-428]
Amend KRS 65.870 to remove state preemption of local firearms regulations and allow local governments to enact ordinances regulating firearms; amend KRS 237.115 to conform; EMERGENCY.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Joni Jenkins Introduced In House on 02/01/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to gun safety for children. [HB-292]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to make it a crime to unlawfully store a firearm; establish elements of the crime for recklessly allowing access to an unsecured firearm by a minor; establish the crime as a Class B misdemeanor unless a physical injury or death results, in which case it is a Class A misdemeanor; establish the short title of Baby Dre Gun Safety Act.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown Introduced In House on 01/13/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. [HB-216]
Amend KRS 508.075 to include domestic violence shelters as a covered location for terroristic threatening in the first degree.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 163) on 04/08/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to firearms. [HB-148]
Amend KRS 527.040 to include receiving a pardon from the governor of another state as a basis for removing the prohibition of possession of a handgun.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Melinda Prunty Introduced In House on 01/04/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to firearms. [SB-24]
Amend KRS 16.220 to require the destruction of confiscated firearms; amend various sections to conform.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Berg Introduced In Senate on 01/04/2022

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to prohibiting the enforcement of a federal ban or regulation of firearms and declaring an emergency. [HB-29]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to prohibit identified entities from enforcing federal firearm bans; prohibit identified entities from adopting rules, regulations, or ordinances that require enforcement of federal firearm bans; and prohibit identified entities from allocating public resources or moneys in the enforcement of federal firearm bans; EMERGENCY.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 03/15/2022

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