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AZ SB1418
Bill
Status
2/1/2024
Primary Sponsor
Anna Hernandez
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AI Summary
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Amends Arizona law to allow state agencies and law enforcement to destroy firearms, ammunition, and firearm components without restriction, removing previous limitations that only permitted destruction under specific statutes.
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Requires unclaimed firearms to be sold to federally licensed businesses authorized to sell firearms to the public, unless prohibited by federal or state law, rather than destroyed.
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Allows law enforcement agencies to trade retained firearms to licensed dealers for ammunition, weapons, equipment, or other materials for exclusive law enforcement use.
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Clarifies that political subdivisions cannot regulate firearm destruction and that state law preemption on firearms regulation remains in effect with existing exceptions for local ordinances.
Legislative Description
Firearms; destruction by state
Weapons
Last Action
Senate read second time
2/5/2024