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HB0133 • 2026

Minimum Age for Firearm Purchase or Transfer

Minimum Age for Firearm Purchase or Transfer

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Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Sirois ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Abbott ; Barnaby ; Benarroch ; Black ; Brackett ; Brannan ; Buchanan ; Grow ; Holcomb ; Jacques ; Nix ; Overdorf ; Plakon ; Robinson, W. ; Salzman ; Sapp ; Tramont ; Yeager
Last action
2026-03-13
Official status
Senate - Died in Rules
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

The metadata indicates a conflict: the status label says 'Passed Legislature,' but the last action notes it 'Died in Rules.' The effective date of July 1, 2026, is included because it appears in the official bill text itself.

HB0133: Minimum Age for Firearm Purchase or Transfer

This bill lowers the minimum age to purchase a firearm from 21 years old back to 18 years old and removes an exception that previously applied.

What This Bill Does

  • Amends Florida Statute section 790.065 regarding firearm sales.
  • Lowers the legal purchase age for firearms from 21 years to 18 years.
  • Prohibits licensed dealers, importers, and manufacturers from selling or transferring guns to anyone under 18.
  • Removes a previous exception that allowed certain people younger than 21 to buy rifles or shotguns.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who want to purchase firearms in Florida
  • Licensed firearm dealers, importers, and manufacturers

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill text does not explain why the age was changed from 21 back to 18.
  • The source material states an exception is removed but does not describe what that specific exception allowed before this change.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

299653

Floor amendment H 133 Filed • Bartleman

House: Failed 1/15/2026

Plain English: This amendment would make it illegal for anyone under the age of 21 to buy a gun or receive one from someone else.

  • It sets a new rule that people younger than 21 cannot purchase firearms.
  • It also bans selling or transferring any firearm to a person who is not yet 21 years old.
293615

Floor amendment H 133 Filed • Hinson

House: Failed 1/15/2026

Plain English: This amendment proposes raising the minimum age for buying or receiving a gun from under 20 to under 21.

  • It changes the rule so that people younger than 21 cannot buy firearms, instead of just those younger than 20.
  • The official text shows both '20' and '21' on the same line without clearly marking which number is being removed or kept.
  • This amendment failed in the House on January 15, 2026, so it did not become law.
666985

Floor amendment H 133 Filed • Young

House: Failed 1/15/2026

Plain English: This amendment raises the minimum age for buying or receiving any firearm from licensed sellers to 21 years old and adds a mandatory seven-day waiting period for buyers aged 18 to 20.

  • It makes it illegal for anyone under 21 to purchase a firearm, changing the previous limit of 18.
  • Licensed gun dealers cannot sell or transfer any firearms to people younger than 21 years old.
  • If an 18- to 20-year-old buys a handgun from a licensed dealer, they must wait at least seven calendar days before receiving it.
  • The waiting period rule applies even if the buyer's background check is finished early.
  • This amendment does not apply to law enforcement officers, correctional officers, or military members buying rifles or shotguns.
  • The text provided cuts off before explaining how this waiting period rule applies specifically to long guns like rifles and shotguns for civilians.
576851

Floor amendment H 133 Filed • Hunschofsky

House: Ruled Out of Order 1/15/2026

Plain English: This amendment adds a new rule requiring most people to finish and show proof of a firearms safety training course before they can buy or receive a gun in Florida.

  • Buyers must provide sellers with proof that they finished a training class covering topics like gun safety, range rules, home storage, and how to carry guns safely.
  • The training provider must keep records showing the student actually handled and fired a real gun under supervision during the course.
  • Sellers are required to save copies of this training proof or exemption documents for five years after the sale happens.
  • This amendment was ruled out of order by the House on January 15, 2026, so it did not become part of the final bill.
  • The text does not specify which organizations are approved to teach these courses or how much they might cost.
476321

Floor amendment H 133 Filed • Harris

House: Withdrawn 1/15/2026

Plain English: This amendment updates Florida laws to require adults to safely store loaded firearms away from minors under 18 and mandates that gun sellers provide safety warnings, brochures, and locking device demonstrations.

  • It makes it a crime for an adult to leave a loaded firearm where a minor can reach it if the minor then gets the gun without permission or supervision.
  • It requires anyone selling a gun to give the buyer a written warning about safe storage laws and a brochure on basic firearm safety rules.
  • Gun sellers must offer buyers a demonstration of how to use a trigger lock or other locking mechanism for their new firearm.
  • The official text provided is incomplete because the last sentence cuts off mid-word, so some details about when dealers do not need to provide brochures are missing.
  • This amendment was officially withdrawn from consideration on January 15, 2026, meaning it did not become law.
054103

Floor amendment H 133 Filed • Bartleman

House: Failed 1/15/2026

Plain English: This amendment would make it illegal for anyone under 21 to buy a gun or for licensed sellers to sell one to them, with specific exceptions for certain law enforcement and military members.

  • It sets the minimum age at 21 years old for purchasing any firearm.
  • Licensed importers, manufacturers, and dealers are banned from selling or helping transfer a gun to anyone under 21.
  • Breaking this rule becomes a third-degree felony crime with specific punishments.
  • The law includes exceptions that allow police officers, correctional officers, and military members to buy rifles or shotguns even if they are younger than 21.
  • This amendment failed in the House on January 15, 2026, so it did not become law.
  • The text does not explain what specific punishments apply under sections 775.082 through 775.084.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-13 Senate

    • Died in Rules

  2. 2026-01-22 Senate

    • Received

  3. 2026-01-16 Senate

    • Referred to Rules

  4. 2026-01-15 House

    • Read 2nd time • Amendment 299653 Failed • Amendment 293615 Failed • Amendment 666985 Failed • Amendment 576851 ruled out of order • Amendment 054103 Failed • Added to Third Reading Calendar • Read 3rd time • Passed; YEAS 74, NAYS 37

  5. 2026-01-15 Senate

    • In Messages

  6. 2026-01-13 House

    • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  7. 2026-01-12 House

    • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (1/15/2026)

  8. 2025-12-02 House

    • Favorable by Judiciary Committee • Reported out of Judiciary Committee • Bill released to House Calendar

  9. 2025-11-24 House

    • Added to Judiciary Committee agenda

  10. 2025-11-18 House

    • Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee • Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee • Now in Judiciary Committee

  11. 2025-11-10 House

    • Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda

  12. 2025-10-14 House

    • Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee • Referred to Judiciary Committee • Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

  13. 2025-10-08 House

    • Filed

Official Summary Text

Minimum Age for Firearm Purchase or Transfer; Reduces minimum age at which person may purchase firearm & age of purchasers to which specified licensees are prohibited from selling or transferring firearm; removes exception.

Current Bill Text

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HB 133 2026

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to minimum age for firearm purchase or 2
transfer; amending s. 790.065, F.S.; reducing the 3
minimum age at which a person may purchase a firearm 4
and the age of purchasers to which specified licensees 5
are prohibited from selling or transferring a firearm; 6
repealing an exception; providing an effective date. 7
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9
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Section 1. Subsection (13) of section 790.065, Florida 11
Statutes, is amended to read: 12
790.065 Sale and delivery of firearms.— 13
(13) A person younger than 18 21 years of age may not 14
purchase a firearm. The sale or transfer of a firearm to a 15
person younger than 18 21 years of age may not be made or 16
facilitated by a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or 17
licensed dealer. A person who violates this subsection commits a 18
felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 19
775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. The prohibitions of this 20
subsection do not apply to the purchase of a rifle or shotgun by 21
a law enforcement officer or correctional officer, as those 22
terms are defined in s. 943.10(1), (2), (3), (6), (7), (8), or 23
(9), or a servicemember as defined in s. 250.01. 24
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 25