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CS/SB 1456: Firearm Offenses

GENERAL BILL by Fiscal Policy ; Avila

Firearm Offenses; Adding the conviction for committing or the attempt to commit a felony offense of human trafficking to the list of offenses during the commission of which if a person possesses a firearm, destructive device, a semiautomatic firearm and its high-capacity detachable box magazine, or a machine gun, such person is subject to a specified mandatory minimum term of imprisonment; increasing the maximum number of days of detention that a minor who violates specified provisions for a first, second, or subsequent offense may serve in a secure detention facility; increasing the criminal penalties and providing that it is grand theft of the second degree if the property stolen is a firearm and the offender has previously been convicted for grand theft of a firearm under a specified provision; authorizing a court to extend the length of secure detention if a child is charged with an offense involving the possession or use of a firearm, etc.

Effective Date: 10/1/2023
Last Action: 5/2/2023 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1465 (Ch. 2023-87) -SJ 704
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  2. Fiscal Policy (FP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
3/2/2023 Senate • Filed
3/9/2023 Senate • Referred to Criminal Justice; Fiscal Policy
3/14/2023 Senate • Introduced
3/22/2023 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/27/23, 3:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
3/27/2023 Senate • Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
3/28/2023 Senate • Now in Fiscal Policy
4/10/2023 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/13/23, 10:30 am, 412 Knott Building
4/13/2023 Senate • CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 17 NAYS 1
4/14/2023 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
4/17/2023 Senate • CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
4/27/2023 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 05/02/23
5/2/2023 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 703
• Substituted CS/HB 1465 -SJ 704
• Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1465 (Ch. 2023-87) -SJ 704