HB 2222 Summary

• Requires all firearm sales or transfers to be conducted through a licensed firearms dealer, with exceptions for transfers between licensed dealers.

• Mandates that non-dealer parties conducting a firearm transfer must appear in person with the firearm before a licensed dealer and submit to a criminal background check through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).

• Allows licensed firearms dealers to charge a maximum $20 fee to cover administrative costs for facilitating transfers between non-dealers.

• Exempts law enforcement, military, gunsmiths, common carriers, shooting range loans, family gifts between immediate family members, antique firearms, and temporary transfers to prevent imminent death or bodily harm from the background check requirement.

• Establishes violation of this section as a class 5 felony offense.