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Committee adopts amendment to require transparency when sheriffs trade seized firearms

CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE · March 7, 2023
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Summary

Lawmakers adopted an amendment to House Bill 1327 to require more transparency when law enforcement trades seized or surrendered firearms for credit, extending existing procedures beyond juvenile cases and allowing trades to federally licensed dealers instead of auction sales. The bill passed as amended by voice vote; detailed tallies were not in the transcript.

Senator McKee (District 6) explained an amendment to House Bill 1327 aimed at increasing transparency in the handling of seized or surrendered firearms. "We previously passed this, pulled it back to make an amendment just to require some transparency and, sunshine on the transactions that take place when law enforcement agencies…

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