The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee heard HB 1365 sponsored by Sen. Freeman, Sen. Pol, and Sen. Hunley on machine guns. The author, Rep. Gore, presented the bill which revises, for purposes of an enhancement and certain criminal offenses, a definition of "machine gun". The bill also provides that particular criminal offenses concerning machine guns do not … [Read more...] about Machine guns
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Information privacy relating to firearms
The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee heard HB 1323 on information privacy relating to firearms sponsored by Sen. Freeman and Sen. Tomes.Sen. Freeman introduced the bill which specifies the circumstances under which information concerning a person who applies for or holds a license to carry a handgun may be released to a federal government entity. Those … [Read more...] about Information privacy relating to firearms
Conviction Data
The Senate Appropriations Committee heard SB 136 on conviction data authored by Sen. Sandlin and Sen. Freeman. The bill defines “prohibited person” as a person prohibited from possessing a firearm or carrying a handgun. The bill requires the Office of Judicial Administration to establish a system to transmit certain data to assist in determining whether a person is a p … [Read more...] about Conviction Data
Various criminal law matters
The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee heard SB 343 on various criminal matters authored by Sen. Freeman. The bill provides the following: The bill was amended by consent to do the following: (1) specify when a law enforcement officer is required to offer a person a breath test; (2) permit the disclosure of an online marketplace to be part of the marketplace's … [Read more...] about Various criminal law matters
Machine guns
The House Judiciary Committee heard HB 1365 pertaining to the definition of machine gun authored by Rep. Gove and Rep. Garcia Wilburn. The bill revises, for purposes of an enhancement and certain criminal offenses, a definition of "machine gun" to include a particular part or combination of parts designed and intended for use in converting a weapon into a weapon that fires … [Read more...] about Machine guns