House Bill 5158

To require gun show promoters to notify the Commissioner of Public Safety of any planned gun show; to mandate annual firearms safety refresher courses for bail enforcement agents, professional bondsmen and surety bail bond agents; to require that certain firearms and criminal justice course instructors be approved by the Commissioner of Public Safety; to provide an exemption to the offenses of selling, carrying or brandishing a facsimile firearm for a participant in a state certified qualified production; to change the blood alcohol limit for the offense of carrying a firearm while intoxicated to achieve parity with the level for the offense of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated; to add a date and place of birth requirement for certain forms regarding firearms permits and purchases, to require notification of a firearm purchase to the Department of Public Safety no later than twenty-four hours after purchase; to prohibit an alien without legal permanent resident status from purchasing a firearm; and add to the offenses of criminal possession of a firearm anyone prohibited by any court order from possessing a firearm.

In the House of Representatives

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In the House of Representatives Feb 10 – Mar 9

1. Feb 10Introduced and sent to Public Safety and Security Committee
2. Feb 11Heard in Public Safety and Security Committee
3. Mar 9Public Safety and Security Committee recommended a substitute for it and sent it to Judiciary Committee