Bill Title: Handgun licenses. Increases the duration of a four year handgun license to five years. Provides that an individual may simultaneously hold both a five year license and a lifetime license. Requires a law enforcement officer to whom an application for a handgun license is made to perform a national, fingerprint based criminal history check and consult available local, state, and federal criminal history data banks, including the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), when determining whether possession of a firearm by an applicant would be a violation of state or federal law. Removes the fees for lifetime licenses beginning

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-02-22 - Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations [HB1424 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Timothy Wesco [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-021	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ben Smaltz [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-052	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Steven Stemler [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-071	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Peggy Mayfield [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-060	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Rodric Bray [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-037	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Travis Holdman [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-019	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Jon Ford [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-038	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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