SB399 Alabama 2021 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Bobby D. Singleton Senator

Democrat

Co-Sponsors

William “Bill” M. BeasleyLinda Coleman-MadisonKirk HatcherRodger Smitherman

Session

Regular Session 2021

Title

Firearms, background checks, requirements provided on certain transfers

Description

This bill would require a licensed firearms importer, licensed firearms manufacturer, or licensed firearms dealer to perform a background check on a purchaser of a firearm before transferring the firearm to the purchaser, with exceptions.

This bill would prohibit a person who is not a licensed firearms importer, licensed firearms manufacturer, or licensed firearms dealer from directly transferring a firearm to another unlicensed person and would instead require the transferor to first transfer the firearm to a licensee prior to ultimate transfer to the transferee.

This bill would also provide criminal penalties for a violation.

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended by Amendment 890, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose.

The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment.

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Subjects

Firearms