CT HB05096

Redefines the firearms evidence databank to store images of fired ammunition components (cartridge cases, bullets, fragments) suitable for retrieval and comparison, rather than test fires from handguns specifically

Changes police department submissions of handguns from mandatory ("shall") to voluntary ("may"), removing the requirement to submit handguns that come into custody as a result of criminal investigation

Eliminates the 60-day deadline for the laboratory to test fire submitted handguns and collect fired components of ammunition

Requires police departments to test fire all handguns before issuance to employees and submit the fired ammunition components along with two sample cartridges to the laboratory

Permits police department firearms sections to independently test fire handguns, enter images directly into the databank via remote terminal, and search the databank if they comply with laboratory guidelines and regulations