Bill Text: MI HB6274 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Weapons: other; background checks for firearm dealer employees; provide for. Amends 1927 PA 372 (MCL 28.421 - 28.435) by adding sec. 14b.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-06-22 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 06/22/2022 [HB6274 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-HB6274-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 6274
A bill to amend 1927 PA 372, entitled
"An act to regulate and license the selling, purchasing, possessing, and carrying of certain firearms, gas ejecting devices, and electro-muscular disruption devices; to prohibit the buying, selling, or carrying of certain firearms, gas ejecting devices, and electro-muscular disruption devices without a license or other authorization; to provide for the forfeiture of firearms and electro-muscular disruption devices under certain circumstances; to provide for penalties and remedies; to provide immunity from civil liability under certain circumstances; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies; to prohibit certain conduct against individuals who apply for or receive a license to carry a concealed pistol; to make appropriations; to prescribe certain conditions for the appropriations; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act,"
(MCL 28.421 to 28.435) by adding section 14b.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 14b. (1) A licensed dealer shall require every employee of that licensed dealer who sells or has access to a firearm in the course of the employee's employment to undergo fingerprinting and a background check. An employee of a licensed dealer who sells a firearm in the course of the employee's employment must meet all of the following requirements:
(a) Be eligible to possess a firearm under state or federal law.
(b) Hold a concealed pistol license under section 5b.
(c) Comply with all state and federal requirements for the sale and delivery of firearms.
(2) A licensed dealer shall not employ an individual if the background check performed under subsection (1) demonstrates the individual does not meet the requirements of subsection (1)(a) and (b).
(3) A licensed dealer that violates this section is responsible for a state civil infraction and may be ordered to pay a civil fine of not more than $1,000.00.
(4) As used in this section, "licensed dealer" means a person licensed to sell firearms under 18 USC 923.
