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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1018
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR LEWIS.
5511S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal section 571.014, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections relating to a
voluntary self-exclusion list for the purchase of firearms, with penalty provisions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 571.014, RSMo, is repealed and two new 1
sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 2
571.014 and 571.515, to read as follows:3
571.014. 1. A person commits the crime of unlawful 1
refusal to transfer by denying sale of a firearm to a 2
nonlicensee, who is otherwise not prohibited from possessing 3
a firearm under state or federal law, solely on the basis 4
that the nonlicensee purchased a firearm that was later the 5
subject of a trace request by law enforcement. 6
2. Violation of subsection 1 of this section shall be 7
a class A misdemeanor. 8
3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the 9
contrary, other than the provisions of section 571.515, no 10
federal firearms dealer licensed under 18 U.S.C. Section 923 11
who engages in the sale of firearms within this state shall 12
fail or refuse to complete the sale of a firearm to a 13
customer in every case in which the sale is authorized by 14
federal law. 15
4. The provisions of this section shall not apply to 16
any individual federal firearms license holder, his agents, 17
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or employees to the extent they chose in their individual 18
judgment to not complete the sale or transfer of a firearm 19
for articulable reasons specific to that transaction, so 20
long as those reasons are not based on the race, gender, 21
religion, creed of the buyer. 22
571.515. 1. As used in this section, the following 1
terms shall mean: 2
(1) "Contact person", the person designated as a 3
contact pursuant to subsection 3 of this section by the 4
person voluntarily waiving the right to purchase a firearm; 5
(2) "Department", the Missouri department of public 6
safety; 7
(3) "Voluntary waiver", a voluntary waiver of the 8
right to purchase a firearm as described in this section. 9
2. (1) A person may voluntarily waive the right to 10
purchase a firearm. While such waiver is in effect, no 11
person shall sell or otherwise transfer a firearm to a 12
person who voluntarily waived the right to purchase a 13
firearm. 14
(2) The department shall promulgate forms for a person 15
to file either in person or electronically for a voluntary 16
waiver, to update contact information, and to revoke a 17
voluntary waiver. 18
3. (1) To voluntarily waive the right to purchase a 19
firearm, a person shall file a voluntary waiver with the 20
department. The department shall verify the person's 21
identity prior to accepting the voluntary waiver. 22
(2) A person who voluntarily waives the right to 23
purchase a firearm may designate one or more contact persons 24
who will be contacted, pursuant to this section, if the 25
person attempts to purchase a firearm while the voluntary 26
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waiver is in effect or if the person revokes the voluntary 27
waiver. 28
(3) The department shall immediately notify the person 29
who filed the voluntary waiver and each contact person when 30
the department accepts the filer's voluntary waiver. 31
(4) No later than twenty-four hours after accepting a 32
voluntary waiver, the department shall enter the voluntary 33
waiver into the national instant criminal background check 34
system and any other federal or state computer-based systems 35
used by law enforcement agencies or others to identify 36
prohibited purchasers of firearms. 37
(5) All forms or records filed pursuant to this 38
section shall be confidential and shall be closed records 39
under chapter 610. 40
4. Within twenty-four hours of an attempted transfer 41
of a firearm to a person with a voluntary waiver, the 42
department shall notify each contact person for such person. 43
5. (1) To revoke a voluntary waiver, a person shall 44
file for revocation with the department. The department 45
shall verify the person's identity prior to accepting the 46
revocation. The waiver shall remain in effect for thirty 47
days after the department accepts the revocation. 48
(2) The department shall notify each contact person of 49
the revocation no later than twenty-four hours after the 50
department receives the revocation request. 51
(3) Thirty days after the department accepts the 52
revocation, and unless the person is otherwise ineligible to 53
possess a firearm pursuant to state or federal law, the 54
department shall remove the person's information from the 55
national instant criminal background check system and any 56
other federal or state computer-based systems in which the 57
person was entered and that are used by law enforcement 58
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agencies or others to identify prohibited purchasers of 59
firearms, and the department shall destroy all records of 60
the voluntary waiver. 61
6. The submission of a voluntary waiver shall be made 62
only by the person to whom the voluntary waiver shall 63
apply. Any person that attempts to submit a voluntary 64
waiver on behalf of another person shall be guilty of a 65
class A misdemeanor. 66
7. The department may promulgate rules to implement 67
the provisions of this section. Any rule or portion of a 68
rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is 69
created under the authority delegated in this section shall 70
become effective only if it complies with and is subject to 71
all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, 72
section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are 73
nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the 74
general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay 75
the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are 76
subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of 77
rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after 78
August 28, 2026, shall be invalid and void. 79
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