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S138 TRACK BILL HERE Committees
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S138
GENERAL BILL by Wilson DEMOCRAT
Imitation Firearms [EPCC]; Prohibits the sale of imitation firearms except for certain purposes. Provides that a person who sales, or offers for sale, an imitation firearm in this state commits a first degree misdemeanor and that any subsequent violation is a third degree felony. Defines "imitation firearm" as any toy gun, replica of a firearm, air-soft gun that fires nonmetallic projectiles, or other specified device, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 10/01/2008. 09/06/07 SENATE Filed 11/28/07 SENATE Referred to Commerce; Criminal Justice; Judiciary |
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S782 TRACK BILL HERE Committees
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S782
GENERAL BILL by Margolis DEMOCRAT Compare H 0425
Weapons and Firearms; Increases the minimum terms of imprisonment imposed for possessing, discharging, or seriously harming another with a semiautomatic firearm and its high-capacity detachable box magazine or with a machine gun. Provides that potential buyers or transferees of a firearm who willfully and knowingly provide false information or fraudulent identification by using the identity of a victim of identity theft commits a second degree felony, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008. 12/13/07 SENATE Filed 01/24/08 SENATE Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations 03/18/08 SENATE CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 00289; CS read 1st time on 03/20/08 -SJ 00318 03/19/08 SENATE Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) 03/21/08 SENATE Now in Judiciary -SJ 00289 |
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S746 TRACK BILL HERE Committees
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S746
GENERAL BILL by Crist RINO
Return of Firearms Taken Under Search Warrant [LPCC]; Requires a court order for the return of a confiscated firearm taken under a search warrant or without a search warrant upon a breach of the peace. Provides that a petition be filed with the court for the return of the firearm. Requires the court to order the return only upon evidence that the person does not pose a risk of harm and has the capacity to contract or manage his or her affairs, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. 12/11/07 SENATE Filed 01/09/08 SENATE Referred to Criminal Justice; Commerce; Judiciary; Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations |
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S76 TRACK BILL HERE Committees
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S76
GENERAL BILL by Atwater RINO; (CO-INTRODUCERS)
Peaden RINO(Similar H 0043, Compare S 0272, S 0404)
Criminal Activity/Criminal Gangs [LPCC]; Prohibits the possession of bulletproof vests by felons and delinquents. Redefines "criminal street gangs" as "criminal gangs" and includes street gangs, terrorist organizations, and hate groups. Revises provisions relating to the enjoining of public nuisances to include certain places frequented by members of criminal gangs. Revises provisions regarding soliciting or causing another to join a criminal gang, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008. 09/06/07 SENATE Filed 03/04/08 SENATE Introduced, referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations -SJ 00009; On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 02/20/08, 9:00 am, 401-S; CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 00131; CS read 1st time on 03/04/08 -SJ 00122; Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2); Now in Judiciary -SJ 00131; On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/05/08, 9:00 am, 110-S 03/05/08 SENATE Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 00161; Now in Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations |
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H43 TRACK BILL HERE Committees
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H43
GENERAL BILL by Snyder; (CO-SPONSORS) Galvano; Glorioso RINOS; Porth;
Brandenburg; Sachs DEMOCRATS; Adams; Holder; Kravitz RINOS (Similar S 0076, Compare S 0272, S 0404) Criminal Activity/Criminal Gangs; Prohibits the possession of bulletproof vests by felons and delinquents. Redefines "criminal street gangs" as "criminal gangs" and includes street gangs, terrorist organizations and hate groups. Revises provisions regarding soliciting or causing another to join a criminal gang. Provides additional powers for the Department of Law Enforcement and local law enforcement agencies relating to crime data information, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008. 07/31/07 HOUSE Filed 09/10/07 HOUSE Referred to Safety & Security Council; Policy & Budget Council 01/23/08, 3:15 pm, Reed Hall; CS by Safety & Security Council; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 -HJ 00140; CS read 1st time on 03/04/08 -HJ 00125; CS filed; Now in Policy & Budget Council -HJ 00141 03/07/08 HOUSE On Council agenda-- Policy & Budget Council, 03/11/08, 1:00 pm, 212-K 03/11/08 HOUSE CS/CS by- Policy & Budget Council; YEAS 34 NAYS 0 -HJ 00283 03/12/08 HOUSE CS read 1st time on 03/12/08 -HJ 00280; CS filed 03/13/08 HOUSE Placed on Calendar -HJ 00283 |
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H425 TRACK BILL HERE Committees
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H425
GENERAL BILL by Jenne DEMOCRAT(Compare S 0782)
Weapons and Firearms; Increases the minimum terms of imprisonment imposed for possessing, discharging, or seriously harming another with a semiautomatic firearm & its high-capacity detachable box magazine or with a machine gun. Provides that a potential buyer or transferee of a firearm who willfully & knowingly provide false information or fraudulent ID in violation of the law prohibiting criminal use of personal ID information commits a second degree felony, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008. 12/21/07 HOUSE Filed 01/10/08 HOUSE Referred to Safety & Security Council; Policy & Budget Council 01/15/08 HOUSE Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety (SS) by Safe & Security Council 03/04/08 HOUSE Introduced, referred to Safety & Security Council; Policy & Budget Council -HJ 00037; Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety (SS) by Safety & Security Council -HJ 00131 |
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H447 TRACK BILL HERE Committees
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H447
GENERAL BILL by Roberson DEMOCRAT
Culpable Negligence/Assault Weapons; Cites this act as the "Officer Jose Somohano Assault Weapons Act." Provides that it is a third degree felony to expose another person to personal injury, through culpable negligence, by storing or leaving an assault weapon within the reach or easy access of another person, if the person obtains the weapon and uses it to inflict injury or death, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 10/01/2008. 01/03/08 HOUSE Filed 01/21/08 HOUSE Referred to Safety & Security Council; Policy & Budget Council 03/04/08 HOUSE Introduced, referred to Safety & Security Council; Policy & Budget Council -HJ 00038 03/05/08 HOUSE Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety (SS) by Safety & Security Council -HJ 00189 |
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S1616 TRACK BILL HERE Committees
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S1616
GENERAL BILL by Criminal Justice
Concealed Weapon and Firearm Licenses/Revocation; Authorizes the Department of Law Enforcement to provide data collected from court records to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for purposes of determining whether a license of a person adjudicated incapacitated or committed to a mental institution should be revoked or suspended, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008. 02/07/08 SENATE (SPB 7022) submitted as a committee bill (SB 1616) by Criminal Justice; Filed 02/27/08 SENATE Referred to Criminal Justice; Commerce; Judiciary 03/04/08 SENATE Introduced, referred to Criminal Justice; Commerce; Judiciary 03/06/08 SENATE On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/11/08, 2:00 pm, 03/11/08 SENATE Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 00247 03/12/08 SENATE Now in Commerce -SJ 00247 03/13/08 SENATE On Committee agenda-- Commerce, 03/18/08, 9:00 am, 401-S 03/18/08 SENATE Favorable by Commerce; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 00287 03/19/08 SENATE Now in Judiciary -SJ 00287 |
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S138 TRACK BILL HERE Committees
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S138
GENERAL BILL by Wilson DEMOCRAT
Imitation Firearms [EPCC]; Prohibits the sale of imitation firearms except for certain purposes. Provides that a person who sales, or offers for sale, an imitation firearm in this state commits a first degree misdemeanor and that any subsequent violation is a third degree felony. Defines "imitation firearm" as any toy gun, replica of a firearm, air-soft gun that fires nonmetallic projectiles, or other specified device, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 10/01/2008. 09/06/07 SENATE Filed 11/28/07 SENATE Referred to Commerce; Criminal Justice; Judiciary 03/04/08 SENATE Introduced, referred to Commerce; Criminal Justice; Judiciary |
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S1560 TRACK BILL HERE Committees
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S1560
GENERAL BILL by Oelrich RINO (Identical H 0705)
Hoax Firearms; Revises provisions relating to robbery, carjacking, and home-invasion robbery to provide increased penalties when a hoax firearm is carried in the course of committing the offense, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 10/01/2008. 02/06/08 SENATE Filed 02/21/08 SENATE Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations 03/04/08 SENATE Introduced, referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations -SJ 00096 |
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S782 TRACK BILL HERE Committees
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S782
GENERAL BILL by Margolis DEMOCRAT(Compare H 0425)
Weapons and Firearms [LPCC]; Increases the minimum terms of imprisonment imposed for possessing, discharging, or seriously harming another with a semiautomatic firearm and its high-capacity detachable box magazine or with a machine gun. Provides that potential buyers or transferees of a firearm who willfully and knowingly provide false information or fraudulent identification by using the identity of a victim of identity theft commits a second degree felony, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008. 12/13/07 SENATE Filed 01/24/08 SENATE Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations 03/04/08 SENATE Introduced, referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations -SJ 00048 03/13/08 SENATE On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/18/08 03/18/08 SENATE CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 00289; CS read 1st time on 03/20/08 -SJ 00318 03/19/08 SENATE Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) 03/21/08 SENATE Now in Judiciary -SJ 00289 |
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H543 TRACK BILL HERE Committees
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H543
GENERAL BILL by Roberson DEMOCRAT
Concealed Weapons or Firearms/Licensure; Revises conditions precedent to the issuance of a license to carry a concealed weapon or firearm. Revises conditions under which a license to carry a concealed weapon or firearm must be suspended or revoked and under which an application for such license must be denied or the processing thereof suspended, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 10/01/2008. 01/15/08 HOUSE Filed 01/23/08 HOUSE Referred to Environment & Natural Resources Council; Policy & Budget Council 01/25/08 HOUSE Referred to Agribusiness (ENR) by Environment & Natural Resources Council 03/04/08 HOUSE Introduced, referred to Environment & Natural Resources Council; Policy & Budget Council -HJ 00044; Referred to Agribusiness (ENR) by Environment & Natural Resources Council -HJ 00132 03/17/08 HOUSE On Committee agenda-- Agribusiness (ENR), 03/19/08, 9:45 am, 216-C --Not considered 03/19/08 HOUSE On Committee agenda-- Agribusiness (ENR), 03/19/08, 3:00 pm, Reed Hall --Temporarily deferred |
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H705 TRACK BILL HERE Committees
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H705
GENERAL BILL by Snyder; (CO-SPONSORS) Precourt RINOS (Identical
S 1560)
Hoax Firearms; Revises provisions relating to robbery, carjacking, and home-invasion robbery to provide increased penalties when a hoax firearm is carried in the course of committing the offense, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 10/01/2008. 01/22/08 HOUSE Filed 01/27/08 HOUSE Referred to Safety & Security Council; Policy & Budget Council 02/21/08 HOUSE Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety (SS) by Safety & Security Council 03/04/08 HOUSE Introduced, referred to Safety & Security Council; Policy & Budget Council -HJ 00058; Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety (SS) by Safety & Security Council -HJ 00134 |
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S1664 TRACK BILL HERE Committees
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S1664
GENERAL BILL by Bullard DEMOCRAT(Identical H 0447)
Culpable Negligence/Assault Weapons; Cites this act as the "Officer Jose Somohano Assault Weapons Act." Provides that it is a third degree felony to expose another person to personal injury, through culpable negligence, by storing or leaving an assault weapon within the reach or easy access of another person, if the person obtains the weapon and uses it to inflict injury or death, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 10/01/2008. 02/08/08 SENATE Filed 02/27/08 SENATE Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations 03/04/08 SENATE Introduced, referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations -SJ 00102 |
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H503 TRACK BILL HERE Committees
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H503
GENERAL BILL by Evers; (CO-SPONSORS) Needelman REPUBLICANS
Fire Arms in Motor Vehicles; Creates the "Preservation and Protection of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms in Motor Vehicles Act of 2008." Prohibits a public or private entity from prohibiting a customer, employee, or invitee from possessing any legally owned firearm that is lawfully possessed and locked inside or locked to a private motor vehicle in a parking lot, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. 01/11/08 HOUSE Filed 01/23/08 HOUSE Referred to Environment & Natural Resources Council; Policy & Budget Council 03/04/08 HOUSE Introduced, referred to Environment & Natural Resources Council; Policy & Budget Council -HJ 00041 03/10/08 HOUSE PCS on Council agenda-- Environment & Natural Resources Council, 03/12/08, 2:30 pm or 15 minutes after adjournment of the House Session, 404-H 03/12/08 HOUSE CS by Environment & Natural Resources Council; YEAS 11 NAYS 6 -HJ 00296 03/17/08 HOUSE CS read 1st time on 03/17/08 -HJ 00296; CS filed 03/24/08 HOUSE Referred to- Calendar -HJ 00323 03/26/08 HOUSE Placed on Special Order Calendar; Read 2nd time -HJ 00332; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 00332; Read 3rd time -HJ 00334; CS passed as amended; YEAS 72 NAYS 42 -HJ 00334 VOTE |
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S1130 TRACK BILL HERE Committees
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S1130
GENERAL BILL by Peaden REPUBLICAN (Identical H 0503)
Firearms in Motor Vehicles [LPCC]; Creates the "Preservation and Protection of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms in Motor Vehicles Act of 2008." Prohibits a public or private entity from prohibiting a customer, employee, or invitee from possessing any legally owned firearm that is lawfully possessed and locked inside or locked to a private motor vehicle in a parking lot, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. 01/18/08 SENATE Filed 02/07/08 SENATE Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary 03/04/08 SENATE Introduced, referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary -SJ 00072 03/13/08 SENATE On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/18/08, 03/18/08 SENATE Favorable with 2 amendment(s) by Criminal Justice (601090, 096352); YEAS 7 NAYS 1 -SJ 00287 03/19/08 SENATE Now in Judiciary -SJ 00287 03/20/08 SENATE On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/25/08, 12:45 pm, 110-S 03/25/08 SENATE CS by- Judiciary; YEAS 7 NAYS 4 03/27/08 SENATE Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2); Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading |
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H725 TRACK BILL HERE Committees
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H725
GENERAL BILL by Boyd DEMOCRAT
Concealed Weapons Licenses/Residency Requirements; Specifies that the United States residency required to obtain a license to carry a concealed weapon or firearm means that the licensee must be a United States citizen or a permanent resident alien of the United States, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. 01/23/08 HOUSE Filed 02/05/08 HOUSE Referred to Environment & Natural Resources Council 02/07/08 HOUSE Referred to Agribusiness (ENR) by Environment & Natural Resources Council 03/04/08 HOUSE Introduced, referred to Environment & Natural Resources Council -HJ 00060; Referred to Agribusiness (ENR) by Environment & Natural Resources Council -HJ 00134 03/17/08 HOUSE On Committee agenda-- Agribusiness (ENR), 03/19/08, 03/19/08 HOUSE Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Agribusiness (ENR); YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -HJ 00312; Now in Environment & Natural Resources Council -HJ 00312 |
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