HB 1974

RELATING TO FIREARMS

By Representative(s) GOODENOW

Keywords: CIVIL REMEDIES AND PROCEEDINGS, CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS, FIREARMS AND WEAPONS, MINORS, OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON, PENAL CODE, PUBLIC SAFETY

Report Title: Firearms; Storage Of

Description: Requires all firearms to be stored in locked containers. Changes offense of criminally negligent storage of a firearm, by making it a misdemeanor if any person, as opposed to applying only to minors, unlawfully obtains a firearm not properly stored in a locked container.

 1-21-00        H Introduced and passed First Reading                      
 1-24-00        H Referred to the committee on JHA, referral sheet 4