HB 1051 Summary

• Requires the Department of Law Enforcement to include questions about a potential firearm buyer's criminal history and eligibility information on the standard purchase form.

• Mandates the Department of Law Enforcement notify federal and state law enforcement, correctional, and prosecutorial agencies within 1 week when a firearm purchase or transfer receives a nonapproval number.

• Sets the criminal history background check fee at a maximum of $8 per transaction, with fees deposited into a segregated trust fund used only for operating the background check system.

• Requires destruction of all background check records within 48 hours after communication of approval or nonapproval numbers to the licensee, except for prohibited buyers.

• Establishes third-degree felony penalties for licensed importers, manufacturers, dealers, and their employees who violate firearm sale requirements.