Firearms And Weapons
Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to constables. [SB-104]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 70 to establish the status of certified constables and certified deputy constables; require 40-hour mandatory annual training for constables and deputy constables; require the Kentucky Constable Association to develop and maintain in-service education courses, offered at night and on weekends throughout the year in various regions across the Commonwealth; require courses to include firearms qualification, emergency vehicle operations, and defensive driving; require constables and deputy constable seeking certification
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Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise
Introduced In Senate on 01/11/2021
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AN ACT relating to unlawful discriminatory practices. [HB-175]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to define terms; establish an unlawful discriminatory practice against the firearms industry; create a civil cause of action to be brought by victims; create a civil cause of action to be brought by the Attorney General.
Sponsored by: Rep. Regina Huff
To Licensing & Occupations (s) on 03/11/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to gun safety for children. [SB-46]
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: Sen. Gerald Neal
Introduced In Senate on 01/05/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to gun safety for children. [HB-80]
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. Reginald Meeks
Introduced In House on 01/05/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to firearms and declaring an emergency. [HB-83]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to specify definitions for "assault weapons," "large-capacity ammunition-feeding devices," and "ammunition sellers"; require background checks for private firearms sales; require reporting to law enforcement of firearm and ammunition thefts and losses; require the safe storage of firearms; amend KRS 395.250 to require an estate's inventory to list each firearm; amend KRS 403.735 to require judges, when issuing an order of protection, to consider whether a person against whom the order is entered should be prohibited
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Sponsored by: Rep. Reginald Meeks
Introduced In House on 01/05/2021
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to firearms. [HB-70]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to define terms; grant authority to District Court to issue search warrants to law enforcement officers to seize firearms from persons believed to be dangerous due to untreated mental illness or documented evidence of a propensity for violence; grant authority to law enforcement officers to seize firearms from persons believed to be dangerous without a warrant; establish protocols for court hearing to determine dangerousness of person and authority to prohibit person from possessing firearms; establish protocol
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Sponsored by: Rep. Reginald Meeks
Introduced In House on 01/05/2021
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to firearm storage. [SB-47]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to prohibit the unlawful storage of a firearm.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 01/09/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to extreme risk protection orders. [SB-244]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to allow persons to petition in District Court for one-year extreme risk protection orders when the petitioner believes a respondent poses a significant danger of causing serious physical injury to themselves or others through owning, purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm or ammunition; establish procedures under which a temporary ex parte protective order could be issued; establish procedures for the filing, review, hearing, and possible extension of the petition; prescribe issuance and service procedures
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Sponsored by: Sen. Morgan McGarvey
To Judiciary (s) on 02/19/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the storage of firearms. [SB-180]
Create a new section of KRS 199.420 to 199.670 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations to certify that firearms in certain adoptive and foster care home placements are stored in a manner which prevents children from accessing them.
Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (s) on 02/15/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to firearms possession by domestic abusers. [SB-177]
Amend KRS 527.010 to define "domestic abuse offense," "domestic violence protective order," and "physical force"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to create the crimes of possession of a firearm by a convicted domestic abuser and possession of a firearm by the subject of a domestic violence protective order; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to require the surrender of firearms by people subject to protective orders or convicted of specified crimes; amend KRS 403.740 and 456.060 to require courts to inform the subject of a domestic
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Sponsored by: Sen. Julie Adams
To Judiciary (s) on 02/14/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to carrying concealed weapons. [SB-150]
Create a new section of Chapter 237 to allow concealed deadly weapons to be carried by persons age 21 and over without a license in same locations where concealed carry license holders may carry them; amend KRS 527.020 and 237.115 to conform.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dan Seum
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 010) on 03/11/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to firearms fabricated with additive manufacturing. [HB-77]
Amend KRS 527.010 to define "additive manufacturing" and "major firearm component"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to criminalize the possession of a firearm made using additive manufacturing technology for anyone under the age of 21 and to criminalize the possession of a firearm made using additive manufacturing technology for those over the age of 21 who do not permanently engrave or attach serial numbers; create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 authorizing the Kentucky State Police to issue serial numbers for firearms made with additive
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Sponsored by: Rep. Reginald Meeks
To Judiciary (h) on 01/10/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to firearms and declaring an emergency. [HB-76]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to specify definitions for "assault weapons," "large-capacity ammunition-feeding devices," "bump stocks," and "ammunition sellers"; require background checks for private firearms sales; require reporting to law enforcement of firearm and ammunition thefts and losses; require the safe storage of firearms; and to prohibit the manufacture, sale, or transfer of a bump stock; amend KRS 395.250 to require an estate's inventory to list each firearm; amend KRS 403.735 to require judges, when issuing an order of protection,
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Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Judiciary (h) on 01/10/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to firearms. [HB-70]
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 results, in which case it is a Class A misdemeanor; exempt this section from KRS 6.945(1).
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
To Judiciary (h) on 01/10/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to firearms possession by domestic abusers. [HB-462]
Amend KRS 527.010 to define "domestic abuse offense," "domestic violence protective order," and "physical force"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to create the crimes of possession of a firearm by a convicted domestic abuser and possession of a firearm by the subject of a domestic violence protective order; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to require the surrender of firearms by people subject to protective orders or convicted of specified crimes; amend KRS 403.740 and 456.060 to require courts to inform the subject of a domestic
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Sponsored by: Rep. Nima Kulkarni
To Judiciary (h) on 02/21/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to firearms. [HB-463]
Amend KRS 527.010 to define "assault weapon"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to prohibit the possession of an assault weapon by a person under 21 years of age unless the person is a member of the Armed Forces of the United States or a law enforcement officer; prohibit sale or transfer of an assualt weapon to a person under 21 years of age; create penalties.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Harris
To Judiciary (h) on 02/21/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to extreme risk protection orders. [HB-376]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to allow persons to petition in District Court for one-year extreme risk protection orders when the petitioner believes a respondent poses a significant danger of causing serious physical injury to themselves or others through owning, purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm or ammunition; establish procedures under which a temporary ex parte protective order could be issued; establish procedures for the filing, review, hearing, and possible extension of the petition; prescribe issuance and service procedures
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joni Jenkins
To Judiciary (h) on 02/15/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to carrying concealed weapons. [HB-327]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to allow concealed deadly weapons to be carried by persons age 21 and over without a license in the same locations where concealed carry license holders may carry them; amend KRS 527.020 and 237.115 to conform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Hart
Posted In Committee on 02/15/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to firearms on school property. [HB-328]
Amend KRS 527.070 prohibiting possession of weapons on elementary and secondary school property to specify that the vehicle exception for adults shall not apply to pupils of a secondary school.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Heath
Signed By Governor (ky Acts Ch. 111) on 03/26/2019
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Kentucky 2019 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapons. [HB-30]
Amends KRS 527.020, 237.110, 237.115, 244.125, and 527.070 to remove location restrictions for persons with a concealed deadly weapon license.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Goforth
To Judiciary (h) on 01/10/2019