HB 2150 Summary

• Requires all firearm sales or transfers to involve a licensed firearms dealer, either as a party to the transaction or as a facilitator.

• Licensed dealers must conduct background checks on purchasers or transferees under federal law (18 USC § 922(t)) and deliver firearms only if the transaction is legal.

• Dealers may charge a fee not exceeding $20 to cover administrative costs of facilitating private transfers.

• Exempts specific transfers including law enforcement, military/federal officials, gunsmiths, common carriers, target shooting loans, lawful hunting loans, inheritance, antique firearms, immediate family gifts, and emergency harm prevention transfers.

• Violators are guilty of a class 5 felony.