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Senate debates firearm-safety training for minors; amendments adopted, fiscal note estimated
Summary
Senate Bill 59 would require proof of firearm-safety training for people under 18, allow parental supervision exemptions, and create limited permitting paths; sponsors accepted floor amendments and cited an amended fiscal note of roughly $42,000. The bill was circled for further consideration.
Senator Montgomery, sponsor of Senate Bill 59, outlined a proposal requiring minors to show proof of a firearm-safety training course to carry or discharge firearms, with limited exemptions for parents or legal guardians supervising children.
Montgomery said the bill would require a 2–3 hour course covering safe handling, storage, transportation, discharge, aiming, loading and unloading. "If we have this law in place for a few years, say a generation, hopefully people will receive this firearm training," he said, and cited data he said showed firearm injuries and deaths among children in recent years.
The bill, presented as a first substitute, contains a coordination clause…
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