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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
HB 1992 Firearms; purchase, etc., following conviction for assault and battery of a family member.
Introduced by: Kathleen Murphy | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearms following conviction for assault and battery of a family or household member; penalties. Prohibits a person who has been convicted of assault and battery of a family or household member, as defined in the bill, from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm. The prohibition expires three years after the date of conviction, at which point the person's firearms rights are restored, unless he receives another disqualifying conviction. A person who violates the provisions of the bill is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100815D pdf | impact statements
- 01/26/21 House: Floor substitute printed 21103651D-H1 (Murphy) pdf | impact statements
- 01/27/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21103901D-H2 pdf | impact statements
- 02/15/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21200021D-S1 pdf | impact statements
- 02/17/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21200284D-S2 pdf | impact statements
- 02/25/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1992ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/15/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0555) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/11/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100815D
- 01/11/21 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 01/14/21 House: Assigned PS sub: Firearms
- 01/19/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- 01/22/21 House: Reported from Public Safety (10-Y 9-N)
- 01/25/21 House: Read first time
- 01/26/21 House: Floor substitute printed 21103651D-H1 (Murphy)
- 01/26/21 House: Motion to refer to committee agreed to
- 01/26/21 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/27/21 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
- 01/27/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21103901D-H2
- 01/28/21 House: Read first time
- 01/29/21 House: Read second time
- 01/29/21 House: Committee substitute agreed to 21103901D-H2
- 01/29/21 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1992H2
- 02/01/21 House: Read third time and passed House (54-Y 46-N)
- 02/01/21 House: VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N)
- 02/02/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/02/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/21 Senate: Assigned Judiciary sub: Criminal Law
- 02/15/21 Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (8-Y 7-N)
- 02/15/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21200021D-S1
- 02/15/21 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/17/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21200284D-S2
- 02/17/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/21 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 4-N)
- 02/18/21 Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/21 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 02/18/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/18/21 Senate: Committee substitute rejected 21200021D-S1
- 02/18/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/18/21 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 21200284D-S2
- 02/18/21 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1992S2
- 02/18/21 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 19-N)
- 02/22/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/22/21 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 21200284D-S2 (52-Y 46-N)
- 02/22/21 House: VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 46-N)
- 02/25/21 House: Enrolled
- 02/25/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1992ER)
- 02/25/21 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/26/21 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/01/21 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
- 03/01/21 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 03/31/21 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/07/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/07/21 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (54-Y 45-N)
- 04/07/21 House: VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 45-N)
- 04/07/21 Senate: Senate rejected Governor's recommendations #1, #2 (12-Y 28-N)
- 04/07/21 Senate: Senate rejected Governor's recommendation #3 (14-Y 26-N)
- 04/07/21 Senate: Communicated to Governor
- 04/07/21 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 7, 2021
- 04/15/21 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 555 (effective 7/1/21)
- 04/15/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0555)