HB2419 • 2026

firearm sales; permit validation; website

HB2419 - firearm sales; permit validation; website

Education Firearms

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Aaron Márquez
Last action: 2026-01-21
Official status: House second read
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill text does not define what specific actions constitute 'invalid' beyond the system's output, leaving some operational details to agency implementation.

HB2419: Firearm Sales Permit Check Website

This bill requires the Department of Public Safety to create a secure website for gun dealers to check permit status and funds this project with $300,000 from the school safety interoperability fund.

What This Bill Does

Requires the Department of Public Safety to maintain a secure website portal.
Allows federally licensed firearms dealers to check if a concealed weapons permit is valid on that site when presented by a customer.
Mandates that dealers must run a background check before selling or providing a firearm if the permit shows as invalid.
Limits dealer use of the system only to times when a person purchasing or receiving a firearm presents a permit.
Prohibits the Department of Public Safety from keeping records on how many permit checks are made.

Who It Names or Affects

The Arizona Department of Public Safety
Federally licensed firearms dealers in Arizona
People who hold concealed weapons permits and purchase or receive firearms

Terms To Know

Concealed Weapons Permit: A permit issued by the state that allows a person to carry a hidden firearm.
Federally Licensed Firearms Dealer: A business or seller approved by federal law to sell guns and conduct background checks.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not state a specific date when the website must be ready for use.
Funding is limited to $300,000 from the school safety interoperability fund for fiscal year 2026-2027.

Bill History

2026-01-21 House
House second read
2026-01-20 House
House Rules: None
2026-01-20 House
House Appropriations: None
2026-01-20 House
House Judiciary: None
2026-01-20 House
House first read

Official Summary Text

HB2419 - firearm sales; permit validation; website

Current Bill Text

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HB2419 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
firearm sales; permit validation; website

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2419

Introduced by

Representative
M�rquez

AN
ACT

amending
title 13, chapter 31, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 13-3123;
appropriating monies; relating to firearms.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 13, chapter 31, Arizona
Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 13-3123, to read:

START_STATUTE
13-3123.

Firearm sales; concealed weapons permit validation; prohibited
data collection

A. Notwithstanding section 13-3112,
subsection J, the department of public safety shall maintain a secure website
portal that allows a federally licensed firearms dealer to check the permit
status of any person who presents the federally licensed firearms dealer with a
concealed weapons permit issued pursuant to section 13-3112.

B. If a person who is purchasing or
receiving a firearm in this state presents a concealed weapons permit issued
pursuant to section 13-3112 to a federally licensed firearms dealer, the
federally licensed firearms dealer shall confirm the validity of the
permit by checking the department of public safety's secure website
portal. If the permit is invalid, the federally licensed firearms
dealer must conduct a background check before selling or providing the person
with a firearm.� A federally licensed firearms dealer may query the secure
website portal only when presented with a concealed weapons permit by a person
who is purchasing or receiving a firearm.

C. The department of public safety
may not retain or collect data on the number of concealed weapons permit
queries made by federally licensed firearms dealers.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.
Appropriation;
department of public safety; development and maintenance of a secure website
portal

The sum of $300,000 is appropriated
from the school safety interoperability fund established by section 41-1733,
Arizona Revised Statutes, in fiscal year 2026-2027 to the department of public
safety for the cost of developing and maintaining a secure website portal that
is prescribed by section 13-3123, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by
this act.