Second Regular Session
              Sixty-ninth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
                                                           
                                                           
 LLS NO. 14-0047.01 Richard Sweetman x4333SENATE BILL 14-090
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 Baumgardner, 
 
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 (None),
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Senate Committees
 House Committees
 
 
 State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning eliminating the background check requirement
            for a private transfer of a firearm between persons
            who are step-relatives.
       
       
                           Bill Summary
       
            (Note:  This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
       not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
       passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
       applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
       http://www.leg.state.co.us/billsummaries.)
       
            Under current law, with certain exceptions, before any person who
       is not a licensed gun dealer transfers or attempts to transfer possession of
       a firearm to a transferee, he or she must:
                 Require that a background check be conducted of the
                 prospective transferee; and
                 Obtain approval of a transfer from the Colorado bureau of
                 investigation after a background check has been requested
                 by a licensed gun dealer.
            Two existing exceptions to this requirement state that the
       background check requirement does not apply to a transfer of a firearm:
                 That is a bona fide gift or loan between immediate family
                 members, which are limited to spouses, parents, children,
                 siblings, grandparents, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, first
                 cousins, aunts, and uncles; or
                 From a person serving in the armed forces of the United
                 States who will be deployed outside of the United States
                 within the next 30 days to any immediate family member,
                 which is limited to a spouse, parent, child, sibling,
                 grandparent, grandchild, niece, nephew, first cousin, aunt,
                 and uncle of the person.
            The bill expands each of these exceptions to include transfers
       between persons who are step-relatives.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 18-12-112, amend
       (6) (b) and (6) (i) as follows:
            18-12-112.  Private firearms transfers - background check
       required - penalty - definitions. (6)  The provisions of this section do
       not apply to:
            (b)  A transfer that is a bona fide gift or loan between immediate
       family members, which are limited to spouses, parents, children, siblings,
       grandparents, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, first cousins, aunts, and
       uncles, and step-relations of such persons;
            (i)  A transfer of a firearm from a person serving in the armed
       forces of the United States who will be deployed outside of the United
       States within the next thirty days to any immediate family member, which
       is limited to a spouse, parent, child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild,
       niece, nephew, first cousin, aunt, and uncle, or step-relative of the
       person.
            SECTION 2.  Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,
       determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
       preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.