Connecticut House Bill 5158 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: Introduced on February 10 2010 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-03-15 - Favorable Change of Reference, Senate to Committee on Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

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.

An Act Concerning The Regulation Of Firearms.

House Public Safety and Security Committee

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-03-15		Favorable Change of Reference, Senate to Committee on Judiciary
2010-03-12		Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Judiciary
2010-03-11		Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
2010-03-09		Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
2010-03-09		Joint Favorable Substitute Change of Reference Judiciary
2010-02-11		Public Hearing 02/18
2010-02-10		Referred to Joint Committee on Public Safety

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HB05158&which_year=2010
Text	http://www.cga.ct.gov/2010/TOB/H/2010HB-05158-R00-HB.htm
Text	http://www.cga.ct.gov/2010/TOB/H/2010HB-05158-R01-HB.htm