Modifies provisions relating to firearms

Firearms

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Lewis, Patty; House handler: N/A
Last action: 2026-04-16
Official status: Second Read and Referred S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee
Effective date: 2026-08-28

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Bill History

2026-04-16 S1024
Second Read and Referred S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee
2026-02-19 S413
S First Read

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Introduced

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SB 1693 - This act provides that a person commits the offense of unlawful transfer of weapons if he or she knowingly sells, leases, loans, gives away, or delivers a firearm to any person who is on the Terrorist Screening Center's No Fly List or to any person who is a member of an international or domestic terrorist group. This offense shall be a class A misdemeanor.

Additionally, this act modifies the offense of unlawful possession of a firearm by adding a person who appears on the Terrorist Screening Center's No fly List and a person who is a member of an international or domestic terrorist group to people who are prohibited from possessing firearms. This offense shall be a class A misdemeanor.

This act is identical to SB 544 (2025), SB 1034 (2024), SB 142 (2023), SB 895 (2022), SB 186 (2021), and HB 1496 (2020).
TRISTAN BENSON, JR.