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Committee backs bill barring use of payment‑processing merchant codes to compile lists of firearm purchasers
Summary
H.3930 would prohibit governmental entities from maintaining lists of privately owned firearms or owners derived from merchant category codes and would bar payment networks from requiring or incentivizing use of an MCC that distinguishes firearm retailers; committee approved the bill 19–3–2.
The Judiciary Committee voted to give H.3930 a favorable report after a lengthy discussion about merchant codes, purchaser privacy and the scope of state authority over payment networks.
Representative Bridal presented the bill, which would prohibit governmental entities or their agents from maintaining lists of privately owned firearms or firearm owners unless the data were gathered pursuant to a criminal investigation or required by law.…
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