HB 2240 Summary

• Establishes requirements for firearms dealers to implement screening measures preventing transfers to straw purchasers and firearms traffickers, including questioning transferees about legitimacy, training, and intended use.

• Requires firearms dealers to maintain and review law enforcement trace request records, match payment method names to transferees, and limit civilian customers to one firearm transfer per 30 days.

• Mandates background check completion before transfers, refusal to transfer to intoxicated or mentally unstable individuals, and refusal to sell at gun shows without background checks.

• Requires dealers to implement theft prevention measures including locks, surveillance cameras, alarm systems, electronic inventory tracking with daily checks, and immediate theft notification to law enforcement.

• Imposes requirements for employee background checks, initial and annual training on illegal transfer indicators, video/audio recording of all transactions for five years, and $1,000,000 minimum liability insurance coverage.

• Establishes $500 civil penalty per violation and exempts bona fide gifts between immediate family members and emergency transfers necessary to prevent imminent death or serious injury.