SF1348 Summary

• Establishes mandatory minimum sentences of 60 months (120 months for repeat offenders) for violent felons convicted of possessing firearms, effective August 1, 2013.

• Requires courts and law enforcement to electronically transmit firearms-related data (mental health commitments, felony convictions, background check information) to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System within 24 hours.

• Expands the definition of "crime of violence" to include additional felony assault offenses, felony domestic assault, domestic assault by strangulation, and false reporting of lost or stolen firearms.

• Creates new criminal offenses including gross misdemeanor penalties for falsely reporting firearms lost or stolen, and felony penalties for knowingly providing false information to licensed firearms dealers or soliciting illegal transfers.

• Establishes procedures allowing persons with mental health commitments or firearm disabilities to petition courts for restoration of firearms eligibility based on preponderance of evidence they will not act dangerously.