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House approves voluntary background/serial-number check for private firearm sales
Summary
The House passed Second Substitute House Bill 226 to allow an optional BCI-run online check for private firearm sales — verifying carry-permit status or whether a firearm serial number has been reported stolen — emphasizing the tool is voluntary; passed 70-0 and will go to the Senate.
Representative Moy, sponsor of Second Substitute House Bill 226, told the House the measure creates an optional tool for people involved in private firearm sales to increase confidence in transactions. “The what's really important … is that it's completely voluntary,” Moy said on the floor.
Under the bill, the Bureau identified in the floor…
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