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HB 2578 PASSES OUT OF SENATE COMMITTEE
House Bill 2578, the CLEO Sign off Bill, was passed by the KS Senate chamber this morning with a unanimous vote, 40 to 0!
HB 2578, authored by state Representative Richard Carlson would require that certification by a chief law enforcement officer (CLEO), when a sign off is required for the transfer of a firearm or other item regulated by the National Firearms Act ("NFA"), be provided within fifteen days as long as the applicant is not prohibited by law from receiving the firearm or other item. NFA type items are suppressors and fully automatic firearms also commonly called Class III firearms.
Under current law, a CLEO may refuse to sign off for any reason, including their own personal feelings toward NFA-related items, which has created issues for law-abiding citizens. HB 2578 would bring the CLEO signoff process in line with the standard that sheriffs in Kansas are already using when signing off on a concealed carry permit. By removing any possibility of personal bias, which may reside behind many CLEO's refusing to sign off, and creating a statewide standard, HB 2578 protects the rights of law-abiding gun owners across Kansas.
Because this bill was amended by the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee after passing the KS House 123 to 0 it will likely be referred back to the House chamber for a vote to concur or non-concur with the amended bill. If the House chamber votes to non-concur the bill will be referred to a conference committee to discuss the changes and come to an agreement. The conference committee will then submit a report to both chambers recommending they either accept or not. If the conference committee report is accepted the bill will then go to the Governor for signature.
CLICK HERE to link to the bill in its current form.
SB 447 PASSES OUT OF SENATE COMMITTEE
SB 447 which replaced and is an exact duplicate of HB 2473, the local preemption bill, passed out of the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee this afternoon. We are being told that it will likely be heard on the floor of the Senate Chamber on Tuesday of next week.
What this bill basically does:
1. Prohibits any city or county from expending funds derived from the proceeds of implementing, administering or operating a firearms buyback program.
2. Preempts any and all local control of firearms and ammunition. No city or county or agent of such will be able to adopt any ordinance, resolution or regulation or take any administrative action governing the purchase, transfer, ownership, storage, carrying on one's person or transporting firearms or ammunition or any component or combination thereof. Makes null and void all prior ordinances regarding such ordinances, rules or regulations.
3. Prohibits any city or county or agent of such from adopting any ordinance, resolution or regulation relating to the sale of a firearm by an individual who holds a federal firearms license that is more restrictive than any ordinance or regulation relating to the sale of any other commercial good.
4. Clarifies that no municipality can enact any ordinance, resolution, regulation or tax relating to the transportation, possession, carrying, sale, transfer, purchase, gift, devise, licensing, registration or use of a knife or knife making components. Nullifies all existing past ordinances and prohibits future ones.
5. Prohibits the destruction of seized firearms once they are no longer needed as evidence. They may be traded with other departments and KBI, sold or traded to licensed firearms dealers, used for testing or comparison by the forensics laboratory or given to the Kansas Department of Wildlife Parks and Tourism for use in Hunter Education programs. Payments for transfers will be credited to the asset seizure and forfeiture fund of the seizing agency.
6. If a weapon is seized from an individual and they are not convicted of any crime that prevents gun ownership it shall be verified it is not stolen and upon verification returned to the individual from whom it was seized within 30 days.
7. Contains some cleanup language from the Public Building Security Act, Senate Sub for HB 2052, passed in 2013. Better defines "Municipal Buildings" and clarifies it does not include buildings leased to a private entity.
8. Cleans up the Knife Act from 2013 providing intended prohibition of enforcement of local ordinances passed prior
to July 1, 2013 and addresses possession of knives by convicted felons.
9. Cleans up language/terminology usage which created a conflict according to an Attorney General Opinion issued in January 2014.
10. Prohibits municipalities from requiring disclosure of possession of a concealed carry permit by their employees and prohibits making a record of concealed carry permits held by employees.
CLICK HERE to link to the bill in its current form.
HB 2578 PASSES OUT OF SENATE COMMITTEE
House Bill 2578, the CLEO Sign off Bill, was passed by the KS Senate chamber this morning with a unanimous vote, 40 to 0!
HB 2578, authored by state Representative Richard Carlson would require that certification by a chief law enforcement officer (CLEO), when a sign off is required for the transfer of a firearm or other item regulated by the National Firearms Act ("NFA"), be provided within fifteen days as long as the applicant is not prohibited by law from receiving the firearm or other item. NFA type items are suppressors and fully automatic firearms also commonly called Class III firearms.
Under current law, a CLEO may refuse to sign off for any reason, including their own personal feelings toward NFA-related items, which has created issues for law-abiding citizens. HB 2578 would bring the CLEO signoff process in line with the standard that sheriffs in Kansas are already using when signing off on a concealed carry permit. By removing any possibility of personal bias, which may reside behind many CLEO's refusing to sign off, and creating a statewide standard, HB 2578 protects the rights of law-abiding gun owners across Kansas.
Because this bill was amended by the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee after passing the KS House 123 to 0 it will likely be referred back to the House chamber for a vote to concur or non-concur with the amended bill. If the House chamber votes to non-concur the bill will be referred to a conference committee to discuss the changes and come to an agreement. The conference committee will then submit a report to both chambers recommending they either accept or not. If the conference committee report is accepted the bill will then go to the Governor for signature.
CLICK HERE to link to the bill in its current form.
SB 447 PASSES OUT OF SENATE COMMITTEE
SB 447 which replaced and is an exact duplicate of HB 2473, the local preemption bill, passed out of the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee this afternoon. We are being told that it will likely be heard on the floor of the Senate Chamber on Tuesday of next week.
What this bill basically does:
1. Prohibits any city or county from expending funds derived from the proceeds of implementing, administering or operating a firearms buyback program.
2. Preempts any and all local control of firearms and ammunition. No city or county or agent of such will be able to adopt any ordinance, resolution or regulation or take any administrative action governing the purchase, transfer, ownership, storage, carrying on one's person or transporting firearms or ammunition or any component or combination thereof. Makes null and void all prior ordinances regarding such ordinances, rules or regulations.
3. Prohibits any city or county or agent of such from adopting any ordinance, resolution or regulation relating to the sale of a firearm by an individual who holds a federal firearms license that is more restrictive than any ordinance or regulation relating to the sale of any other commercial good.
4. Clarifies that no municipality can enact any ordinance, resolution, regulation or tax relating to the transportation, possession, carrying, sale, transfer, purchase, gift, devise, licensing, registration or use of a knife or knife making components. Nullifies all existing past ordinances and prohibits future ones.
5. Prohibits the destruction of seized firearms once they are no longer needed as evidence. They may be traded with other departments and KBI, sold or traded to licensed firearms dealers, used for testing or comparison by the forensics laboratory or given to the Kansas Department of Wildlife Parks and Tourism for use in Hunter Education programs. Payments for transfers will be credited to the asset seizure and forfeiture fund of the seizing agency.
6. If a weapon is seized from an individual and they are not convicted of any crime that prevents gun ownership it shall be verified it is not stolen and upon verification returned to the individual from whom it was seized within 30 days.
7. Contains some cleanup language from the Public Building Security Act, Senate Sub for HB 2052, passed in 2013. Better defines "Municipal Buildings" and clarifies it does not include buildings leased to a private entity.
8. Cleans up the Knife Act from 2013 providing intended prohibition of enforcement of local ordinances passed prior
to July 1, 2013 and addresses possession of knives by convicted felons.
9. Cleans up language/terminology usage which created a conflict according to an Attorney General Opinion issued in January 2014.
10. Prohibits municipalities from requiring disclosure of possession of a concealed carry permit by their employees and prohibits making a record of concealed carry permits held by employees.
CLICK HERE to link to the bill in its current form.
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