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OH HB263

Bill

Status

Introduced

6/14/2011

Primary Sponsor

Ted Celeste

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Origin

House of Representatives

129th General Assembly (2011-2012)

AI Summary

  • Gun show vendors must obtain a criminal records check of prospective firearm transferees before transferring any firearm at a gun show, with the check conducted by a federally licensed firearms dealer.

  • Gun show promoters must arrange for one or more federally licensed firearms dealers to provide criminal records check services on the premises of the gun show.

  • Federally licensed firearms dealers conducting checks must maintain records including the names, ages, addresses of transferor and transferee, firearm details (make, caliber, serial number), and date of proposed transfer, with records available for law enforcement inspection.

  • A dealer who has reason to believe a prospective transferee may not legally receive a firearm must inform the chief law enforcement officer of the municipality or county where the gun show takes place within 24 hours with the transferee's identity and basis for the belief.

  • Gun show promoters must prominently post a notice prescribed by the Attorney General explaining the criminal records check requirement, and federally licensed dealers may charge a fee not exceeding $10 per check.

Legislative Description

To require that a gun show vendor obtain a criminal records check of a prospective firearm transferee at a gun show, to require that a federally licensed firearms dealer who obtains a criminal records check on behalf of a gun show vendor maintain a record of that check and report to law enforcement the name of any prospective transferee who may not legally receive or possess firearms, and to require a gun show promoter to post a notice of the records check requirement at the gun show in the form prescribed by the Attorney General.

Gun shows-regulate

Last Action

To Transportation, Public Safety & Homeland Security

6/14/2011

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