26RS HB 116

House Bill 116

Actions

Last Action	01/07/26: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to firearms and declaring an emergency.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statements	Corrections Impact Local Mandate
Bill Request Number	209
Sponsors	G. Brown Jr., B. Chester-Burton
Summary of Original Version	Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to define "assault weapon," "large capacity ammunition feeding device," and "seller of ammunition"; require background checks for private firearms sales; require reporting to law enforcement of firearm and ammunition thefts and losses; require the safe storage of firearms; require the Department of Kentucky State Police to promulgate administrative regulations relating to the licensing of persons to possess handguns and assault weapons, the registration of handguns and assault weapons, and the logging of firearms and ammunition sales effective January 1, 2027; amend KRS 237.990 to establish penalties; create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to establish the offense of criminal purchase or transfer of a weapon as a Class D felony; amend KRS 395.250 to require an estate's inventory to list each firearm; amend KRS 403.735 to require judges, when issuing an order of protection, to consider whether a person against whom the order is entered should be prohibited from possessing a firearm; amend KRS 456.050 to require judges, when issuing an interpersonal protective order, to consider whether a person against whom the order is entered should be prohibited from possessing a firearm; amend KRS 504.030 to require judges in criminal cases where a person is found not guilty by reason of insanity to demand the surrender of the defendant's firearms; amend KRS 506.080 to add that the offense of facilitation includes assistance in providing firearms; amend KRS 508.020 to include physical injury to a minor by virtue of the intentional discharge of a firearm within the offense of assault in the second degree; amend KRS 527.040 to require that the sentence for a felon in possession of a firearm be served consecutively to any other felony sentence; amend KRS 527.070 to include postsecondary education facilities within the existing ban on firearms in schools; amend KRS 532.030 to require the judge pronouncing a defendant guilty but mentally ill to demand the surrender of the person's firearms; amend KRS 65.1591, 237.104, 237.115, and 532.025 to conform; repeal KRS 65.870, relating to the prohibition of local firearm control ordinances; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2027; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings of Original Version	Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Department of Kentucky State Police, firearm registration and sales Crimes And Punishments - Firearms, comprehensive regulation Criminal Procedure - Firearms, comprehensive regulation Domestic Relations - Domestic violence orders, firearms possession, prohibition Domestic Relations - Interpersonal protective orders, firearms possession, prohibition Effective Dates, Delayed - Firearms, registration, licensing, logging of sales, January 1, 2027 Effective Dates, Emergency - Firearms, comprehensive regulation Firearms And Weapons - Firearms, comprehensive regulation Local Government - Firearms, comprehensive regulation Local Government - Firearms, local regulation Police, State - Firearms, comprehensive regulation Public Safety - Firearms, comprehensive regulation State Agencies - Department of Kentucky State Police, firearm registration and sales, administrative regulations Universities And Colleges - Firearms, comprehensive regulation Peace Officers And Law Enforcement - Firearms, comprehensive regulation Trade Practices And Retailing - Firearms, comprehensive regulation Judges And Court Commissioners - Domestic violence orders, firearms possession, prohibition Judges And Court Commissioners - Interpersonal protective orders, firearms possession, prohibition Wills, Trusts, And Estates - Firearms, listing in estate inventory, requirement Local Mandate - Firearms, comprehensive regulation Corrections Impact - Firearms, comprehensive regulation