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CS/HB 55: Sale of Firearms

GENERAL BILL by Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee ; White ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Fine ; Fischer ; Grant, J. ; McClain ; Williamson

Sale of Firearms; Requires FDLE procedures to allow payment or transmittal of processing fees for criminal history checks of potential firearms buyers by electronic means; provides that criminal history check requests may be made by electronic means.

Effective Date: 10/1/2018
 Last Action: 4/9/2018 - Chapter No. 2018-144
Bill Text: PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    8/18/2017 House • Filed
    8/30/2017 House • Referred to Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee; Government Accountability Committee -HJ 17
    11/29/2017 House • On Committee agenda-- Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee, 12/06/17, 4:00 pm, Morris Hall
    12/6/2017 House • CS by Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -HJ 258
    12/7/2017 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
    12/8/2017 House • Now in Judiciary Committee -HJ 250
    1/9/2018 House • Introduced -HJ 17
    • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 01/11/18, 8:30 am, Sumner Hall
    • CS by Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 246
    1/11/2018 House • Favorable by Judiciary Committee; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 -HJ 319
    • Now in Government Accountability Committee -HJ 319
    1/16/2018 House • On Committee agenda-- Government Accountability Committee, 01/18/18, 10:30 am, Morris Hall
    1/18/2018 House • Favorable by- Government Accountability Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 -HJ 364
    • Placed on Calendar -HJ 364
    1/25/2018 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/31/18
    1/31/2018 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 455
    • Read 3rd time -HJ 455
    • CS passed; YEAS 110 NAYS 2 -HJ 455
    2/7/2018 Senate • In Messages
    • Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations -SJ 307
    • Received -SJ 307
    2/8/2018 Senate • Withdrawn from Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations -SJ 316
    • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 316
    • Substituted for CS/SB 152 -SJ 316
    • Read 2nd time -SJ 316
    • Placed on 3rd reading
    3/9/2018 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 1026
    • CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 -SJ 1026
    3/9/2018 House • Ordered enrolled -HJ 1209
    3/26/2018 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
    4/6/2018 • Approved by Governor
    4/9/2018 • Chapter No. 2018-144

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  • CS/HB 55, Enrolled (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/9/2018 at 8:37 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 152 (c1) Sale of Firearms Steube Identical Last Action: 2/8/2018 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 55 (Ch. 2018-144) -SJ 316 Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    790.065 Sale and delivery of firearms. Page 1 (pdf)

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  • CS/HB 55, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 12/7/2017 at 11:37 AM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Judiciary Committee (Post-Meeting) 1/11/2018 (pdf)
    Government Accountability Committee (Post-Meeting) 1/18/2018 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 152 (c1) Sale of Firearms Steube Identical Last Action: 2/8/2018 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 55 (Ch. 2018-144) -SJ 316 Track This Bill

    Floor Amendments (7)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    611012 - Amendment
    Before line 14 insert:     		Stewart 2/20/2018
    4:30 PM     		Senate: Withdrawn
    3/3/2018     		Web Page
    PDF
    486736 - Amendment
    Before line 14 insert:     		Powell 3/4/2018
    2:59 PM     		Senate: Withdrawn
    3/9/2018     		Web Page
    PDF
    602666 - Amendment
    Delete line 43 and insert:     		Stewart 2/20/2018
    4:31 PM     		Senate: Withdrawn
    3/3/2018     		Web Page
    PDF
    267706 - Amendment
    Between lines 68 and 69 insert:     		Farmer 2/20/2018
    10:39 AM     		Senate: Withdrawn
    3/9/2018     		Web Page
    PDF
    125790 - Amendment
    Between lines 68 and 69 insert:     		Farmer 2/20/2018
    10:57 AM     		Senate: Withdrawn
    3/9/2018     		Web Page
    PDF
    335662 - Amendment
    Between lines 68 and 69 insert:     		Farmer 2/20/2018
    11:58 AM     		Senate: Withdrawn
    3/9/2018     		Web Page
    PDF
    571885 - Amendment
    Between lines 13 and 14, insert:     		Byrd 1/26/2018
    3:31 PM     		House: Withdrawn
    1/30/2018     		PDF

    Floor Votes (2)

    Date Chamber Result
    1/31/2018 4:31 PM House 110 Yeas - 2 Nays
    3/9/2018 7:20 PM Senate 36 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    790.065 Sale and delivery of firearms. Page 1 (pdf)

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  • HB 55, Original Filed Version Posted 8/18/2017 at 2:48 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 4/10/2018 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 152 (c1) Sale of Firearms Steube Similar Last Action: 2/8/2018 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 55 (Ch. 2018-144) -SJ 316 Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    645337 - Amendment
    Remove lines 58-66 and insert:     		White 11/29/2017
    5:05 PM     		Adopted without Objection
    12/6/2017     		PDF

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    790.065 Sale and delivery of firearms. Page 1 (pdf)

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