Kentucky House Bill 130 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-07 - to Judiciary (H)
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 527.010 to define "assault weapons" and "large-capacity ammunition-feeding devices"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to criminalize possession and transfer of large-capacity ammunition-feeding devices; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to criminalize the possession of unregistered assault weapons and to require the owners of registered assault weapons to store the weapons in a manner which renders them inoperable to unauthorized users; create a new section of KRS Chapter 237 to establish the assault weapons registration program and a weapons buyback program under the Department of Kentucky State Police and to authorize a fee and trust account and make an appropriation; amend KRS 16.220 and 237.104 to exempt weapons from the buyback program from prohibitions on the destruction of certain weapons.

AN ACT relating to firearms and making an appropriation therefor.

Rep. Jeffery Donohue [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-07	House	to Judiciary (H)
2020-01-07	House	introduced in House
2019-12-02	House	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb130.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb130/orig_bill.pdf