Bill Amendment: FL S7026 | 2018 | Regular Session

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: Public Safety

Status: 2018-03-09 - Chapter No. 2018-3 [S7026 Detail]

Download: Florida-2018-S7026-Senate_Committee_Amendment_260340_to_Amendment_345360_.html

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       Florida Senate - 2018                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SPB 7026
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: FAV            .                                
                  02/26/2018           .                                
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       The Committee on Rules (Galvano and Benacquisto) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (345360) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Delete lines 85 - 201
    5  and insert:
    6         Section 6. Present subsection (13) of section 790.065,
    7  Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (14), and a new
    8  subsection (13) is added to that section, to read:
    9         790.065 Sale and delivery of firearms.—
   10         (13) A person younger than 21 years of age may not purchase
   11  a firearm. The sale or transfer of a firearm to a person younger
   12  than 21 years of age may not be made or facilitated by a
   13  licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer. A
   14  person who violates this subsection commits a felony of the
   15  third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083,
   16  or s. 775.084. The prohibitions of this subsection do not apply
   17  to the purchase of a rifle or shotgun by a law enforcement
   18  officer or a correctional officer, as those terms are defined in
   19  s. 943.10, or to a person on active duty in the Armed Forces of
   20  the United States or full-time duty in the National Guard.
   21         Section 7. Section 790.0655, Florida Statutes, is amended
   22  to read:
   23         790.0655 Purchase and delivery of firearms handguns;
   24  mandatory waiting period; exceptions; penalties.—
   25         (1)(a) There shall be A mandatory 3-day waiting period is
   26  imposed between the purchase and delivery of a firearm. The
   27  mandatory waiting period is, which shall be 3 days, excluding
   28  weekends and legal holidays, or expires upon the completion of
   29  the records checks required under s. 790.065, whichever occurs
   30  later between the purchase and the delivery at retail of any
   31  handgun. “Purchase” means the transfer of money or other
   32  valuable consideration to the retailer. “Handgun” means a
   33  firearm capable of being carried and used by one hand, such as a
   34  pistol or revolver. “Retailer” means and includes a licensed
   35  importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer every person
   36  engaged in the business of making firearm sales at retail or for
   37  distribution, or use, or consumption, or storage to be used or
   38  consumed in this state, as defined in s. 212.02(13).
   39         (b) Records of firearm handgun sales must be available for
   40  inspection by any law enforcement agency, as defined in s.
   41  934.02, during normal business hours.
   42         (2) The 3-day waiting period does shall not apply in the
   43  following circumstances:
   44         (a) When a firearm handgun is being purchased by a holder
   45  of a concealed weapons permit as defined in s. 790.06.
   46         (b) To a trade-in of another firearm handgun.
   47         (c) To a person who completes a minimum of a 16-hour hunter
   48  education or hunter safety course approved by the Fish and
   49  Wildlife Conservation Commission or similar agency of another
   50  state, unless that person is purchasing a handgun.
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   52  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   53  And the title is amended as follows:
   54         Delete lines 1744 - 1747
   55  and insert:
   56         s. 790.065, F.S.; prohibiting a person younger