SB 1344 Summary

• Prohibits political subdivisions from enacting ordinances, rules, or taxes relating to transportation, possession, carrying, sale, transfer, purchase, acquisition, gift, devise, storage, licensing, registration, discharge or use of firearms or ammunition.

• Prohibits political subdivisions from requiring licensing, registration, or maintaining records of firearm owners or purchasers, except government-issued identification temporarily stored with weapons left at public establishments.

• Permits political subdivisions to impose general privilege or use taxes on retail firearm sales at rates applied to other tangible personal property and to regulate minor firearm possession with exceptions for lawful hunting and shooting events.

• Establishes that ordinances violating these provisions are invalid and subject to permanent injunction; courts may impose civil penalties up to $50,000 against political subdivisions and award actual damages up to $100,000 to prevailing plaintiffs.

• Adds exception permitting political subdivisions to regulate employee and independent contractor possession of firearms on property they own, in private vehicles they operate, or pursuant to section 12-781, unless violating other federal or state law.