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Senate panel approves amendment narrowing restoration of firearm rights for out-of-state convictions
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved an amendment and later advanced Senate File 9, which narrows automatic restoration of firearm possession rights for people with out-of-state felony convictions and separates firearm restoration from voting-rights restoration.
The Senate Judiciary Committee on a voice and roll-call votes approved an amendment and moved forward Senate File 9, a bill that revises when a person may receive a certificate restoring rights, distinguishing restoration of voting rights from restoration of firearm possession rights.
Senator Crago led the committee discussion of an amendment that explicitly limits restoration of firearm rights to people convicted of nonviolent felonies under Wyoming law and removes language that would allow firearms rights restoration based on convictions in other states. Senator Crago said the amendment “spells that out” and explained it separates firearm restoration language into its own subsection. The committee adopted the…
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